Hubble Space Telescope observations of white dwarf star G238-44 has shown that it is "consuming both rocky-metallic and icy material, the ingredients of planets," according to NASA's Goddard Space ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured imagery of the R Aquarii binary star system from 2014-2023. The images have been time ...

Astronomers have measured pulsars spinning at 716 rotations per second, with a theoretical speed of 1,500 before losing ...

A new study examines how much material from the closest star system to Earth will end up in orbit around the Sun, and how ...

A nebula that neighbors the Milky Way galaxy happens to be a powerhouse of forging stars, "a bouquet of thousands of stars in ...

A stunning Valentine's view of a nebula contains hidden depths of starbirth and the violent deaths of massive stars.

The Tarantula Nebula, also known as 30 Doradus, is revealed in an unusual light in this exceptionally deep Chandra X-ray ...

Webb Telescope captures stunning new images of HH 30, revealing a dynamic protoplanetary disc where planets form.

It’s neither fast nor food, but a spectacular object called HH 30 looks appetizing for astronomers in a new image from the ...

Astronomers have discovered what seems to be a star racing through the Milky Way at 1.2 million mph, dragging a Neptune-sized ...

Hubble Space Telescope captures the dazzling globular cluster NGC 6569, revealing a glittering hoard of stars in the heart of ...

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...