Star formation is a fundamental physical process in our universe. Stars light up the cosmos, and give rise to planets, some ...

To study this mysterious nursery, scientists pointed the James Webb Space Telescope at it. The observations resulted in ...

Astronomers are celebrating NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope’s 33rd launch anniversary with an ethereal photo of a nearby star-forming region, NGC 1333. The nebula is in the Perseus molecular cloud, and ...

Webb’s MIRI, managed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory through launch, helped reveal the star-studded Sagittarius B2 ...

We typically see the same three types of clouds on a day-to-day basis - cirrus, stratus, and cumulus. Though, due to the mountains around us, we sometimes get terrain induced clouds very close to the ...

Sagittarius B2, a massive molecular cloud near the center of the Milky Way, is densely packed with stars and complex magnetic ...

The discovery could help scientists understand how planets form. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. How do planets form? For many ...

A new study found tiny microplastics — sized between 7.1 to 94.6 micrometers — in cloud water collected from high-altitude summits in Japan. The researchers suggest that microplastics could therefore ...