In one of the most detailed astronomical images ever produced, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured an unprecedented look at the Orion Nebula. This turbulent star formation region is one of ...

The James Webb Space Telescope detects methyl cation (CH3+) in a young star system with a protoplanetary disk that is located ...

Scientists are using modern technology to peer heavenward. This is an Inside Science story. Since ancient times, people gazing up at the night sky have seen animals, gods and goddesses, and other ...

A new study reveals that the Pleiades is the core of a once-much-larger cluster, many of whose members have scattered to the ...

Be sure to bundle up when skywatching on cold winter nights. Dress warmly, because to observe faint objects such as meteors or dim stars, you need to give your eyes at least 15 minutes to adjust to ...

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Astronomers have puzzled for 88 years about how a pair of binary stars have continued to erupt over the course of a century, but it seems the mystery has finally been solved. Now, a team of ...

W hat’s your first star memory? You probably observed the three luminaries of Orion’s Belt before anything else. Most kids notice it even before the Big Dipper or, in places Down Under, the Southern ...

Last month, we highlighted the “Winter Football,” a group of bright stars visible in the night sky during winter that form a pattern looking somewhat like a football. This month, as winter yields to ...

have been combined into a movie. In merely 3 days, the stars swing around each other. As seen from the earth, they pass in front of each other twice during a full revolution, producing eclipses during ...