Ionized clouds give the impression of flames surrounding the star AE Aurigae.

Astrophotographer Greg Meyer has captured a stunning image of the Flaming Star Nebula, a breathtaking deep-space object ...

When young stars mix with neutron stars, things get messy.

You can predict the Sun’s distant future by looking far beyond the Solar System. Across the Milky Way, astronomers study ...

Webb’s latest image of the Helix Nebula reveals a dramatic close-up of a dying star shedding its outer layers. The detailed ...

The Pelican Nebula is located in the constellation Cygnus, the swan.

John Martin Schaeberle discovered IC 405 near the end of the 19th century. The object was independently spotted shortly after by astrophotographers Max Wolf and Eugen von Gothard. It’s located in ...

The constellation of Orion is popular among winter stargazers in the northern hemisphere. It is easily identifiable by three bright stars that form the belt of Orion. Slightly below the belt is a ...

An international team of astronomers have discovered two stars in a binary pair that complete an orbit around each other in a little over three hours, residing in the planetary nebula M3-1. Remarkably ...