Stars form in regions of space known as stellar nurseries, where high concentrations of gas and dust coalesce to form a baby ...

The Hubble Space Telescope captured the ​​colorful, wispy clouds near the Tarantula Nebula, one of the most luminous and ...

Also called molecular clouds, they can be massive, spanning hundreds of light-years and forming thousands of stars.

A red supergiant star appears to have changed in just a few years – an astronomical blink of an eye – which suggests it may ...

Stars are born in dense molecular clouds, but did they always form this way? Recent research suggests that in the early ...

"Even today, our understanding of star formation is still developing; comprehending how stars formed in the earlier universe is even more challenging." ...

If you have a powerful enough telescope you can witness what is arguably one of the most breathtaking spectacles in existence ...

If you're flexible enough to travel on a one-way cruise – and have extra time to explore far-flung locales along the way – ...