Early spring in Northern Idaho brings warmer air on crisp bluebird days, but the long winter’s snowpack still needs a few more months to begin melting. On a mountainous parcel owned by Bill Rapier, ...

Researchers have found that stars in the early universe may have formed from 'fluffy' molecular clouds. Using the ALMA telescope to observe the Small Magellanic Cloud -- whose environment is similar ...

Fluffy strands of cosmic gas and dust illuminated by bright young stars form a beautiful cloudscape in a neighboring nebula.