Wolf 359’s extreme radiation and frequent X-ray flares make life-sustaining atmospheres on nearby planets highly unlikely, ...

A bouquet of thousands of stars in bloom has arrived. This composite image contains the deepest X-ray image ever made of the ...

A stunning Valentine's view of a nebula contains hidden depths of starbirth and the violent deaths of massive stars.

A technique called sonification allows new discoveries, brings out subtleties in dense data, and makes astronomy more accessible.

NASA releases stunning composite image of 30 Doradus, the Tarantula Nebula, showcasing thousands of young stars, energetic ...

Jets blasting from supermassive black holes cause gas to cool and fall toward that cosmic titan in a cosmic feeding process.

A nebula that neighbors the Milky Way galaxy happens to be a powerhouse of forging stars, "a bouquet of thousands of stars in ...

Doradus 30, also known as 30 Doradus or the Tarantula Nebula, is a massive star-forming region located in the Large ...

Credit: Chandra X-ray Center "While we don't have proof of planets around Wolf 359 yet, it seems very possible that it hosts multiple planets," Wolk added. "This makes it an excellent test bed to ...

Supermassive black holes can fuel their own growth by cooling and recycling gas, creating a continuous cycle of feeding and ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has imaged a "200,000 light-year-long trail of newborn stars" that may have been left behind by a ...

NASA Chandra X-ray telescope data from galaxy cluster Abell 2146 shows a "shockwave that stretches for some 1.6 million miles ...