HH 30 is a luminous region surrounding a newborn star, or protostar. The James Webb Space Telescope helped reveals unprecedented details of it.

Cosmic forensic experts are reconstructing the magnetic field around an infant star from the planet-forming disk of gas and dust around it.

The Universe is full of dust, and a striking new image from the Hubble Space Telescope highlights just how important it is.

Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy has millions of fans worldwide who love the stunning images he captures and creates of the ...

Some people say that good things only happen ‘when the stars align’. Until that happens, the best the universe can offer is aligning planets, we’re afraid – but it’s still pretty exciting.

Engagement: Use astronomy apps or star charts to help identify each planet and learn more about their positions relative to one another during the alignment. January 25, 2025, is simply another ...

Stephan James stars in "Ricky" as a young man, just out of prison, dealing with the difficulties of becoming independent at age 30. In "LUZ," which features parallel stories set in Paris and ...

Planetary alignments aren't rare, even when it comes to seeing six planets in the January night sky. Planets always appear in a line from our Earth-bound vantage, so the arrangement isn't anything ...

It's hard to believe it's been 25 years since Star Wars: The Phantom Menace first hit theaters. If that li'l reminder has you feeling nostalgic (and old), you'll be happy to know that four games ...

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The planets will shine brighter than the stars, and Mars will look like a reddish-orange dot. A faint Mercury is set to join the parade as a bonus seventh planet at the end of February ...