Astronaut Nichole Ayers recently witnessed a phenomenon known as a sprite from the International Space Station.

These molecular clouds are often very dusty, so much so that patches of them become impenetrable to visible light, as we can see in this image of Chamaeleon I, taken by the 570-megapixel Dark ...

A new observatory in Chile has produced a stunningly detailed image of a nebula resembling cotton candy, using the largest ...

The largest digital camera ever built has released its first shots of the universe. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, located on ...

And dust clouds can be dark indeed. In the case of B68, ... Alas, I’ve seen quite a few breathless videos and articles about them illustrated with an image of B68.

This image takes up an area in the sky equivalent to four full moons, but is actually part of an even larger nebula called Gum 55. Some people viewing the image might even think it looks like a ...