The find shines light on how galaxies begin to turn gas and dust "into stars and planets," said astrophysicist Blakesley ...

Modest binoculars or a small telescope are all you need to see the Beehive Star Cluster. Appearing as a circular patch of ...

Molecular clouds are composed of gas and dust and serve a vital purpose in star formation. Eos, a crescent-shaped gas cloud, ...

Scientists have discovered a potentially star-forming cloud and called it "Eos ... According to researchers, the cloud spans about 40 moon-widths across the sky and has a mass about 3,400 times of the ...

Named Eos after Greek goddess of dawn, cloud spans 40 times width of full moon with mass 3,400 greater than sun ...

Today, we know that M44 contains about 1,000 gravitationally bound stars, and that it’s about 577 light-years away from Earth ...

From ancient stars to streaks of comet dust ... Amateur astronomers can also spot a plethora of planets and a full moon during select cloud-free nights. Here’s what to know about the upcoming ...

An international team of scientists led by a Rutgers University–New Brunswick astrophysicist has discovered a potentially ...

Before sunrise on April 25, a slender waning crescent moon will appear left of Venus and Saturn to create the tilted happy face.

May 2025 has a couple of fun astronomical events that may have you looking to the skies. May is when we’ll have opportunities to see a meteor shower, the flower moon, 2 globular star ...

Like a remote goddess, desirable but elusive, the full April moon finally appeared through gaps in the clouds over the District early Sunday, at last shedding its silver light upon the sleeping city.