The stars came out with imposing clarity—Orion fleeing toward the western ... along with a smattering of prominent nebulae and star clusters. If they probed beyond the Milky Way to try their ...

Harden also referenced the MVP race, saying he understands why Shai Gilgeous-Alexander should win the award based on his team's record and the OKC star's prolific scoring. But Harden, an MVP ...

How small can you go when forming stars and brown dwarfs? The Flame Nebula, part of the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, is a ...

The first study, led by Doctoral Candidate Yimeng Tang of the University of California, Santa Cruz and published in the Astrophysical Journal, analyzes FCC 224's unique globular star cluster system.

This particular feature extends like a pointing finger toward the center of the nebula and the rich young star cluster embedded there. The Eagle Nebula is one of many nebulae in the Milky Way that ...

Also known as M16, this nebula lies some 7,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Serpens the Serpent and surrounds an open star cluster. This pillar of cold gas and dust stretches 9.5 ...

Far to its lower right is the Pleiades star cluster (M45), an easy naked-eye object, particularly with no moonlight to interfere. Below the Pleiades is Uranus. At magnitude 5.8, it is an easy ...

A young star cluster known as NGC 602 is seen through the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope [Courtesy of NASA] The scientists published their findings in the peer-reviewed Astrophysical ...

More startling was the fact that no other supernova remnants or massive star clusters had been associated with SGR 0501+4516 for thousands of years. Illustration of a white dwarf pulling material ...

A team of astronomers made worldwide headlines last night with claims that they had found the “strongest hints yet of biological activity outside the Solar System”. The scientists say that a ...

Apr. 16, 2025 — Why do comets and their meteoroid streams weave in and out of Earth's orbit and their orbits disperse over time? Researchers show that this is not due to the random pull of the ...