Stars form in regions of space known as stellar nurseries, where high concentrations of gas and dust coalesce to form a baby ...

Images from ALMA telescope provide insight to the earlier years of our universe.

Also called molecular clouds, they can be massive, spanning hundreds of light-years and forming thousands of stars.

Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, is a gas giant known for its swirling storms, iconic Great Red Spot, strong ...

Researchers at Kyushu University have found that stars in the early universe may have formed from “fluffy” molecular clouds.

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

Stars are born in dense molecular clouds, but did they always form this way? Recent research suggests that in the early ...

A breathtaking new image of the RCW 38 star cluster showcases a cosmic nursery bursting with color, light, and energy.

If we're looking for life as we don't know it, the best solvent out there may be concentrated sulfuric acid — the stuff ...

A Republican who worked previously in law enforcement and as a staff member at the Arizona Legislature has been appointed to ...

On an unusually warm February in Livingston, Texas, Audrii Cunningham, an 11-year-old girl whose only fault was being too kind, was kidnapped and brutally murdered by a man who entered her life just a ...