When rocky worlds like the earth began to form, dust in the young Solar System was first heated until it vaporised and then cooled so that the very first, refractory (i.e. heat-loving) minerals could ...

The James Webb Space Telescope detects methyl cation (CH3+) in a young star system with a protoplanetary disk that is located in the Orion Nebula. Credit: Space.com | imagery courtesy: ESA/Webb, NASA, ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning new image of the Orion Nebula, highlighting two young protostars, HOPS 150 and HOPS 153. These protostars are actively shaping their surroundings, ...

Over the quarter century I’ve been writing this column, I’ve been flabbergasted by the advances in telescopes for backyard astronomers. There’s even one I’m recommending this year that does amazing ...

Over the quarter century I’ve been writing this column, I've been flabbergasted by the advances in telescopes for backyard astronomers. There’s even one I’m recommending this year that does amazing ...

Astronomers offered a new hypothesis for what created pairs of objects nicknamed JuMBOs, while other scientists argue they may not really exist. The Orion Nebula, top, seen from La Hayuela, Cantabria, ...

Just six weeks after spotting a secret Chinese spaceplane, an amateur astronomer in Austria is back at it again. In an interview with Space.com, sky watcher Felix Schöfbänker described how he came to ...

This talk was originally scheduled for June 19, but has been postponed until June 26. The next ORION program, "Smart Telescopes," will be at 7 p.m. June 26 at the City Room (Room A-111), ...

The James Webb Space Telescope spent part of its weekend studying a fascinating inner region of the Orion Nebula. Orion is a familiar constellation in the night sky, recognizable by the “belt” of ...