The next partial eclipse will happen in the early hours of March 29, with it being visible mostly in the northeast starting ...

The Crab Nebula is the remnant of a supernova which was observed almost 1000 years ago. Although it corresponds to one of the ...

In celebration of the 29th anniversary of the launch of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers used Hubble to capture this festive, colorful look at the tentacled Southern Crab Nebula. The Hubble ...

Coral reefs face threats from many sources, but the crown-of-thorns starfish is often singled out for its ability to chomp through living coral at staggering rates. Scientists have puzzled over this ...

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Dan Veerhusen in Sand Point last summer, preparing the Taurus for the herring season. Captain Dan Veerhusen and Jan, his wife, run the Taurus, one of the few remaining boats that still fish ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have observed enigmatic rings in the planetary nebula NGC 1514, visible in the mid-infrared band. Results of the new observations ...

Stunning new imagery and other data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reveal new details about a pair of enigmatic infrared ring structures accompanying a distant planetary nebula. The new ...

A stunning new image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is providing unprecedented insights into the processes of star formation deep in the cosmos. The region, known as Lynds 483, or L483 for ...

The Orion Nebula is a picture book of star formation, from the massive, young stars shaping the nebula to the pillars of dense gas that may be the homes of budding stars. The star V830 Orionis shines ...