In anticipation of the upcoming 35th anniversary of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, ESA/Hubble is kicking off the ...

"SPT2349-56 is a system so extraordinary that we may have caught one of the most massive clusters under formation at a very ...

To celebrate Hubble's 35th anniversary, ESA/Hubble released a breathtaking new image of the star-forming region NGC 346 in ...

Once mistaken for a fuzzy star cluster, the stunning Squid Galaxy—formally known as Messier 77—has transformed in the eyes of astronomers over the centuries. Originally discovered in the 1700s by ...

"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 ...

The cluster, full of more than 2,500 newborn stars that blaze blue in the Hubble image, is in a galaxy with far fewer heavy chemical substances than the Milky Way. It's mostly made of hydrogen and ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured the first direct images of merging star clusters in the centers of dwarf galaxies, confirming a long-debated formation route for nuclear star clusters.

In a star’s core, fusion takes terrific temperature and pressure that is provided by the crushing gravity of the star’s ...

Researchers interrogated the 'sounds' of a cluster of stars within the Milky Way, uncovering a new technique for astrophysicists to probe the universe and learn more about its evolution.