Some fast-moving stars within the Milky Way have been traced back to the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). In a preprint paper ...
"These two supernova remnants are helping us to better understand the dynamics of our home galaxy’s neighborhood," ...
Hypervelocity stars (HVSs) were first theorized to exist in the late 1980s. In 2005, the first discoveries were confirmed.
Astronomers have achieved a groundbreaking feat by capturing the first clear image of a star in another galaxy. This ...
The Orion Nebula, a nursery for new stars, is showcased in this breathtaking image, with young stars and protostars shining ...
The Universe is full of dust, and a striking new image from the Hubble Space Telescope highlights just how important it is.
Caldwell 71, or NGC 2477, is an open star cluster. Open clusters are loosely bound collections of stars. It is located roughly 4,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Puppis.
Set against a backdrop littered with tiny pinpricks of light glint a few, brighter stars, this is NGC 1858, a 10-million-year ...
As per NASA, the rare sight of a Wolf-Rayet star – among the most luminous, most massive, and most briefly detectable stars ...
Beauty Of Tarantula Nebula This nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud is one of the most active star-forming regions, filled ...
The Hubble image shows a portion of the Tarantula Nebula, which NASA says is “the largest and most productive star-forming ...