This composite image ... new observations by its Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) radio telescopes in Chile astronomers were able to unveil intricate details of the Tarantula ...

The dense cloud of cosmic dust and gas is the perfect breeding ground for new, bright stars, some of which can be seen near the top of the cloud in the picture above. The Cone Nebula's shape is ...

The Cone Nebula is part of a star-forming ... known for creating new stars. This dramatic new view of the nebula was captured with the FOcal Reducer and low dispersion Spectrograph 2 (FORS2 ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has recorded breath-taking new images of the iconic Ring Nebula, also known as Messier 57. The images, released today by an international team of astronomers ...

Cue two spectacular images of the Sh2-54 nebula, a vast cloud of gas and dust from which stars are born. Above (main image) is the infrared light version, with the visible light version—produced ...