Webb's Near-Infrared Camera view shows at least two or three distinct outflows of gas — jets stretching in different ...

Since their discovery in the late 1700s, astronomers have learned that planetary nebulae, or the expanding shell of glowing gas expelled by a low-intermediate mass star late in its life, can come in ...

This splash of paint on the canvas of space is the planetary nebula NGC 6072, the dying embers of a ruined star that has ...

Since the discovery of planetary nebulae in the late 1700s, astronomers have learned that these expanding shells of glowing ...

"The formation of planetary systems is not exclusive to stars but might also work around lonely starless worlds." ...

Is there a massive undiscovered planet on the outer reaches of the solar system? The idea has been around since before the ...

Astronomers have discovered a new exoplanet that may be habitable 35 light-years from Earth. Named L 98-59 f, it joins four ...

Our sun, currently in its prime, is expected to shine for another 5 billion years. Eventually, it will transform into a red ...

Incredible images reveal the moment a new planet begins to sculpt spirals of dust and gas around its home star, located over 440 light-years from Earth.

The star is surrounded by a protoplanetary disk, and this disk is the first evidence of debris condensing into what will eventually become planets and other objects. Observing this early phase of ...

Jones-Emberson 1, sometimes called the Headphone Nebula due to its distinct shape, is a great challenge target for backyard ...

Astronomers have discovered a "fossil" world lying in the outskirts of the solar system, according to new research.