The planets are aligning. This Saturday is a rare chance to see several of our closest cosmic neighbors in a single sky. Six planets will assemble themselves for a spectacular “planetary parade” that ...

Although astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets, the number of confirmed exomoons—and exorings—is still zero. But ...

NASA said Webb observed PMR 1, nicknamed the “Exposed Cranium” nebula, in both near-infrared with NIRCam and mid-infrared with MIRI, revealing a brain-like interior divided by a dark vertical lane.

Astrophotographer Greg Meyer has unveiled a breathtaking portrait of the Flaming Star Nebula, where the brilliant blue star AE Aurigae sets interstellar clouds ablaze 1,500 light-years from Earth in ...

Sometimes, you just need to give your mind a little vacation. And these days, outer space sounds like as good a destination as any. Thankfully, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is here to give us ...

Smack dab in the Ring Nebula, astronomers have stumbled upon a massive bar-shaped structure of iron that had previously eluded prior observations, potentially revealing the ghost of a vaporized world.

It was quite a leap. Conspiracy theorists are being brought back down to Earth after NASA scientists debunked a wild claim that the space agency was hiding knowledge about an event that could result ...

President Trump is pushing to break China’s dominance in rare earth minerals, elements critical to everything from smartphones to fighter jets and electric vehicles. Venture capitalists poured a ...

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The Orion Nebula is the closest large star-forming region, located within the Milky Way just 1,500 light-years from Earth. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Particles from Earth’s atmosphere have been carried into space by solar wind and have been landing on the moon for billions of years, mixing into the lunar soil, according to a new study. The research ...

Look to Orion! This is the Great Orion Nebula, M42, on the left, and its smaller neighbor, NGC 1975, on the right. M42 is about 1400 light-years away from us. Its first recorded observation was in ...