Astronomers have observed the earliest stage of planet formation around a distant young star - for the first time ever. The ...

The new planetary system is forming around the baby star HOPS-315 1,300 light years from Earth in the Orion Nebula ...

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

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured a bright variable star, V 372 Orionis, and its companion in this festive image in this ...

This time, the newly minted space telescope took a gander at the Orion Nebula. The result is a fantastic picture full of twinkling stars and vast wispy clouds. Related coverage: ...

NASA’s powerful Hubble Space Telescope and Spitzer Space Telescope combined to captured stunning images of the Orion Nebula. The nebula, which is a massive mixture of various gases and heated ...

The most powerful telescope ever launched into space uncovered a cluster of forming stars within the "toe beans" of the Cat's ...

New images taken by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope show young stars forming within a "toe bean" on the Cat's Paw Nebula.

A new observatory in Chile has produced a stunningly detailed image of a nebula resembling cotton candy, using the largest ...

PARIS: Astronomers have, for the first time, observed the earliest stage of planet formation around a distant star, offering ...