The Orion Nebula, the closest massive star-forming region to Earth, has long captivated stargazers with its brilliant glow and dynamic activity. Recently, the Hubble Space Telescope provided a ...

Two young stars shine bright in the dusty depths of the Orion Nebula in a new Hubble Space Telescope image. Located about 1,300 light-years from Earth, these young stars, also known as protostars ...

Over 50,000 submissions are made for images on U.S. stamps every year, and out of those, about 40 are turned into real stamps ...

Observations with the Hubble Space Telescope have revealed ... and there are stars in the Orion Nebula that are still forming today. Millions of years from now, future astronomers will record ...

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...

The visualization incorporated photos taken by the Hubble and Spitzer space ... bringing out the structure of the nebula, located in the constellation Orion's belt. "Looking at the universe ...

The bright variable star V 372 Orionis takes center stage in this Hubble Space Telescope image, which has also captured a smaller companion star in the upper left of this image.

Hubble’s infrared imaging of Sh2-284 unveils stars hidden within dense gas and dust, offering insights into star formation.

Little Dumbbell Nebula (also known as Messier 76, M76, or NGC 650/651) located 3,400 light-years away in the northern circumpolar constellation Perseus. It is classified as a planetary nebula, an ...

It's a new type of three-body problem for astronomers, who used the Hubble Space Telescope to determine that twin asteroids in the Kuiper Belt could be triplets.

Fluffy strands of cosmic gas and dust illuminated by bright young stars form a beautiful cloudscape in a neighboring nebula. A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope captures the colorful ...