The Orion Nebula, a nursery for new stars, is showcased in this breathtaking image, with young stars and protostars shining ...

Set against a backdrop littered with tiny pinpricks of light glint a few, brighter stars, this is NGC 1858, a 10-million-year ...

Huge waves are sculpted in this two-lobed nebula called the Red Spider Nebula, located some 3,000 light-years away in the constellation of Sagittarius. Credit: NASA ...

This image shows the constellation Sagittarius, home to the globular cluster M22, with the shape of the "Teapot" formed by its brighter stars. Hubble's image captures NGC 1866, a star cluster bound by ...

From supermoons to an eclipse and star parties at national parks, these captivating celestial phenomena will get Americans ...

Solar masses are a unit of measurement used in astronomy to express the mass of other celestial objects in comparison to the ...

These popular astronomy questions, answered by Astronomy magazine, will help you better understand our universe - and share ...

I was 5-years-old back in 1977 when NASA ... in the constellation of Ophiuchus. If you’re interested in tracking that, Ophiuchus is northwest of the Milky Way between Scorpius and Sagittarius.

The Milky Way’s central black hole, Sagittarius A*, is an unstoppable cosmic firework show, flaring with wild bursts of energy that seem to have no pattern. Using the James Webb Space Telescope, ...