The Iris is a reflection nebula, a cloud of gas and dust illuminated by a central star. It's six light-years across, and lies 1400 years away from the earth. The Eagle Nebula is a young open cluster ...

On Feb. 28, seven planets—Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune, Mercury, and Saturn—will all grace the early evening sky.

A Journey Taken by Solar System Millions of Years Ago Possibly Changed Earth's Climate Forever, Claim Researchers The solar ...

An international research team led by the University of Vienna has discovered that the solar system traversed the Orion ...

Star clusters are formed when gravity pulls young stars together, forcing them to orbit each other. A star cluster can ...

Deep in space, mysterious wanderers roam freely — of planetary masses yet not hosted by stars. These celestial nomads, called ...

In celebration of the 29th anniversary of the launch of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers used Hubble to capture this festive, colorful look at the tentacled Southern Crab Nebula. Object NGC ...

Check out these seven mind-blowing nebula images captured by NASA Hubble Space Telescope. Eta Carinae, NGC 2014 and NGC 2020, ...

The Orion Nebula is one of the best “must-see” attractions in the sky, and it’s even more impressive once you get to know ...

Crab Nebula: Located 6,500 light-years away from Earh, it is the highest-resolution image ever taken by the Hubble Space ...

Look for the Orion constellation and the Orion Nebula (Messier 42)—our solar system came from that direction." The increased dust from this galactic encounter could have had several effects.