Hubble’s 35-year journey showcases humanity’s boldest space achievements, capturing everything from new stars forming to ...

The National Science Foundation's Dark Energy Camera reveals a stunning glimpse into the 'dark nebula' known as the Circinus ...

X-ray: NASA/SAO/CXC; Optical: John Stone (Astrobin); Image Processing: NASA/SAO/CXC/L. Frattre, N. Wolk ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope marked its 35th anniversary with breathtaking new images. Launched on April 24, 1990, the ...

The dark nebula is part of the Circinus West molecular cloud, which stretches for 180 light-years, containing a mass 250,000 ...

A glittering fireworks display, this is a giant cluster of about 3,000 stars called Westerlund 2 that resides in a raucous stellar breeding ground known as Gum 29, located 20,000 light-years away from ...

Astronomers have, for the first time, directly observed star clusters merging at the cores of dwarf galaxies—a process long ...

An international team of scientists led by a Rutgers University–New Brunswick astrophysicist has discovered a potentially ...