NGC 2040, also known as LH 88, is an OB association, a loose star cluster with stars of a common origin drifting together through space. NGC 5321 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation ...

Credit: ESA / NASA / A. Nota / P. Massey / E. Sabbi / C. Murray / M. Zamani A new snapshot of a busy star cluster from the Hubble Space Telescope proves the legendary observatory's still got it ...

The James Webb Space Telescope peers at Sagittarius C, a star-forming region about 200 light-years from the Milky Way's central black hole. Credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI / S. Crowe "A big ...

Moon near the Pleiades star cluster—April 1 On April 1, look for the crescent moon passing just beside the Pleiades, one of the brightest and most recognizable star clusters visible to the naked ...

The Westerlund 1 star cluster: Hubble unveils detailed structure Feb 10, 2025 Simulations demonstrate potential mechanisms of intermediate-mass black hole formation in globular clusters ...

Sky watchers across the globe were treated to a spectacular partial solar eclipse this weekend when the Moon moved between the Sun and Earth and appeared to take a 'bite' out of our home star.

Got a telescope? Bid farewell to ESA's retiring Milky Way mapper Engineers fix ESA's Gaia observatory from 1.5M kilometers away Scientists spot startlingly close black holes in Hyades star cluster ...

Sum 41 and The Beaches also won at this year's show, which celebrated Canadian nationalism at a time when the country faces tariffs and threats of annexation. By Richard Trapunski The biggest ...

Gaia is now silent, but its star maps and data discoveries are shaping the future of space exploration. Its legacy lives on through ongoing research, future missions, and heartfelt farewells from its ...

This graphic shows the location of the Euclid Deep Fields (yellow). This all-sky view is an overlay of ESA Gaia’s star map from its second data release in 2018 and ESA Planck’s dust map from 2014. The ...