The map, spanning 4,000 light-years from the sun in all directions, combines a chart of space dust with the effects of a rare type of young, hot star.

When the ESA launched the Gaia spacecraft in 2013, it didn't generate the same fanfare as the launch of other missions like the JWST, or first light from telescopes like the Vera Rubin Observatory.

The image reveals reddish nebulas and clusters of stars in star-forming regions once hidden from view. These vibrant ...

The ever-busy James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) recently turned its gaze toward the core of our galaxy and revealed ...

M82 has been a popular target for astronomers and their telescopes, due to its high activity. Hubble has observed it many ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has peered into the Sagittarius B2 molecular cloud, the largest stellar nursery in the Milky Way. The active star-forming region is producing baby stars at a furious ...

To study this mysterious nursery, scientists pointed the James Webb Space Telescope at it. The observations resulted in ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured stunning new images of Sagittarius B2, a highly active star-forming region near ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has revealed new views of Sagittarius B2, the Milky Way’s most massive star nursery, ...

Energetic starlight is reshaping a vast molecular cloud 160,000 lightyears away. Hubble has captured a new generation of ...

James Webb Space Telescope captures stunning images of Sagittarius B2, a massive star-forming region near the Milky Way galaxy’s center.

Although this spiral galaxy appears unremarkable from afar, NGC 7456 is bursting with newborn stars and glowing gas, ...