Known as dinosaur stars for both their primeval nature and their immense size, Population III stars existed only when the ...

Planets, stars, and star clusters, oh my!

The James Webb Space Telescope captured a colorful portrait of a nearby stellar cradle, revealing a wealth of insights about ...

When my colleagues and I send them out to explore our solar system, it's important for us to understand the 3D map of our ...

New research suggests that essential components of life may assemble in interstellar space long before planets or oceans ...

In the bigger picture, "down" could be defined as being below the plane of the solar system, which is known as the ecliptic.

Some stars appear to defy time itself. Nestled within ancient star clusters, they shine bluer and brighter than their neighbors, looking far younger than their true age. Known as blue straggler stars, ...

Astronomers have long searched for life within a rather narrow ring around a star, the "habitable zone," where a planet ...

The Helix Nebula is one of the most well-known and commonly photographed planetary nebulae because it resembles the “ Eye of ...

Ba-by stars, doo doo doo doo doo doo.

Space scientists say they have discovered "Cloud 9." A team using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered a new type of astronomical object — a starless, gas-rich, dark matter cloud that is ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket pierced the Wednesday morning sky as it launched three spacecraft from NASA and NOAA that will study the solar system’s “bubble,” collect information on ...