A new study reports the first direct observation of merging star clusters in the nuclear region of dwarf galaxies. This ...

With its origins tracing back to the 1970s, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched aboard the space shuttle Discovery on ...

"We were surprised by the streams of light that were visible near the center of the galaxies, as nothing similar has been ...

Caldwell 71: This Hubble image of a loosely bound collections of stars reveals a portion of the open cluster Caldwell 71. Most open clusters reside in the arms of spiral galaxies, and their stars ...

To celebrate Hubble's 35th anniversary, ESA/Hubble released a breathtaking new image of the star-forming region NGC 346 in the Small Magellanic Cloud. This cosmic nursery, packed with thousands of ...

Once mistaken for a fuzzy star cluster, the stunning Squid Galaxy—formally known as Messier 77—has transformed in the eyes of ...

"However, this system is forming stars at a rate 10,000 times higher than Andromeda." 14 of the infant galaxies in the proto cluster SPT2349-56 as seen by the ALMA telescope | Credit: ALMA (ESO ...

Because the stars in the M67 cluster are of a similar age and composition to our Sun, they can offer insights into our solar system's past and formation, as well as its future as the Sun evolves.