Dominant cosmological theories posit that stars are formed in molecular clouds that are sufficiently large and dense that it ...

Stars form in Giant Molecular Clouds (GMCs), vast clouds of mostly hydrogen that can span tens of light years. These stellar ...

Researchers have found that stars in the early universe may have formed from 'fluffy' molecular clouds. Using the ALMA telescope to observe the Small Magellanic Cloud -- whose environment is similar ...

Fluffy strands of cosmic gas and dust illuminated by bright young stars form a beautiful cloudscape in a neighboring nebula.

A cosmic filament, 3 million light-years long, has been directly imaged for the first time — offering a new glimpse into the ...

Scientists didn't expect that stars would be able to still form in the dwarf galaxy known as Leo P, which the James Webb ...

Cracks in the universe refers to cosmic strings, which are hypothetical topological defects theorized to have formed during ...

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...

Astronomers have achieved a groundbreaking feat by capturing the first clear image of a star in another galaxy. This ...

The "needle in the haystack" discovery of a powerful explosion from a mysterious unknown object outside our galaxy has excited astronomers. It went unnoticed for years within a vast, two decade-long ...