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

Star formation is a fundamental physical process in our universe. Stars light up the cosmos, and give rise to planets, some ...

Astronomers have been watching this galaxy pair, NGC 4532 and DDO 137, for years and discovered a "gas bridge" over 185,000 light years long.

Sagittarius B2, a massive molecular cloud near the center of the Milky Way, is densely packed with stars and complex magnetic ...

New radio astronomy results reveal how galaxies exchange gas with the intergalactic medium – the raw material for stars and ...

The star-forming region called Sagittarius B2 contains half of the galactic center's stars, yet only 10% of the gas.

This ghostly galaxy was first observed in 1780 by the French astronomer Pierre Méchain, who worked with renowned comet hunter ...

Recently, the field of astronomy has made a remarkable discovery—scientists have observed a vast ionized gas cloud in the ...

NGC 2775, a galaxy 67 million light-years away, is puzzling astronomers with its mix of traits. The Hubble Space Telescope has released a new Picture of the Week, and this time the spotlight is on a ...

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

Take a tour of the Hydra I galaxy cluster. A galaxy in the region, NGC 3312, is "losing cold gas as it moves through the hot ...

When most of us think about what shaped our planet, we probably picture volcanoes, earthquakes, and huge continents slowly ...