This massive ‘bouquet’ is actually where stars have been born for 25 million years
A nebula that neighbors the Milky Way galaxy happens to be a powerhouse of forging stars, "a bouquet of thousands of stars in ...
Astronomers have brought you a space Valentine: The Tarantula of the cosmos
As the most intense star-forming region in the Local Group, 30 Doradus is of particular importance to astronomers.
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JWST Spies a Giant Space Hamburger—and Maybe Planetary Origins, Too
It’s neither fast nor food, but a spectacular object called HH 30 looks appetizing for astronomers in a new image from the ...
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This New ‘Astro Trail’ in Arizona Is Located in One of the ‘Astronomy Capitals of the World'—and Makes Stops at Observatories, State Parks, and More
In January 2025, the city added another feather to its cap when it launched a new Astro Trail, a curated collection of ...
NASA’s Valentine's Day Surprise Will Take Your Breath Away
This image was created by combining data from three major observatories: NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, the Hubble Space ...
From collisions to stellar cannibalism—the surprising diversity of exploding white dwarfs
Astrophysicists have unearthed a surprising diversity in the ways in which white dwarf stars explode in deep space after assessing almost 4,000 such events captured in detail by a next-gen ...