Thanks to new telescope observations, we know more about the origin story of a "star factory" in space than ever before. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

The beginnings of a new star were captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, and like many other images from the JWST, it is just as mesmerizing. Known as protostar L1527 IRS, the new star is ...

A massive protostar, deeply nestled in its dust-filled stellar nursery, recently roared to life, shining nearly 100 times brighter than before. This outburst, apparently triggered by an avalanche of ...

"Breathtaking" images of a stellar nursery in the Orion Nebula taken by the James Webb Space Telescope are revealing intricate details about how stars and planetary systems form.The images, released ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured an explosive and festive scene resembling cosmic fireworks in the constellation Taurus. This new image, obtained with Webb's Mid-Infrared Instrument ...

Earlier this week, NASA released never-before-seen images of the Tarantula Nebula, revealing one of astronomers' favorite star clusters in new fantastic detail. Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud ...

While the nebula can be observed in visible light (as seen in the image above), it gets its name from how brightly it also appears when viewed in infrared wavelengths of light. An ethereal image of a ...

The beginnings of a new star were captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, and like many other images from the JWST, it is just as mesmerizing. Known as protostar L1527 IRS, the new star is ...