A new image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows the Lupus 3 cloud in Scorpius bursting with young stars that are forming within collapsing clouds of gas and dust.

"We used to think that only very simple molecules could be created in these clouds. But we have shown that this is clearly ...

A 13-atom molecule containing sulfur has been discovered in interstellar space for the first time, providing insight into the origins of the chemistry of life.

These icy bodies orbit the sun just like the major planets, yet they follow their own rules, often traveling along elongated ...

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A faint signal from old telescope data is causing a stir in astronomy: a planet barely larger than Earth, with an almost ...

The James Webb Space Telescope captured a colorful portrait of a nearby stellar cradle, revealing a wealth of insights about ...

Scientists continue to mine data gathered by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope, retired in 2018, and continue to turn up ...

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Some planets might produce their own water instead of relying on outside sources. In laboratory experiments, researchers simulated extreme conditions found within certain exoplanets by blasting ...

Researchers estimate that the planet has about a 50% chance of being in its star's Hoble zone.

Although Mercury was geologically active in its early days, today its surface appears almost completely static. This is why ...