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Interstellar — you may already be familiar with that word even if it’s only from the 2014 film. The word interstellar actually means the space between stars, and in that space is where you’ll find ...

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A malevolent, screaming skull face. A witch cackling in profile. An all-seeing eye, gazing red and furious from the void of space. Like cosmic Halloween decorations, nebulas are some of the most ...

There are a lot of nebulae in the universe, and they often get given catchy names like the Crab Nebula or Cat's Paw Nebula.

Hubble Telescope image of the Horsehead Nebula. Credit: T.A.Rector (NOIRLab/NSF/AURA) & Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA/NASA ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has made a groundbreaking discovery in the Flame Nebula, a star-forming region ...

A new telescope image reveals a distant cosmic gas cloud that looks like a curious chicken with his head tilted in wonder of the universe. The image, taken by the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) ...

Astronomy can be a difficult topic for newcomers. Like any scientific field, it has its own jargon and buzzwords—and terms with meanings that can be not only odd but downright counterintuitive. The ...

Nebulas, which are both hubs of star birth and products of stars' demise, explode and transform with light and color as the stellar life cycle unfolds within them. These giant clouds of dust and gas ...