Witness the breathtaking beauty of a giant stellar nursery where countless stars ignite amidst swirling cosmic clouds.

If you dial in this distance, however, you’ll find yourself staring at magnitude 2.0 Alnitak (Zeta [ζ] Orionis), the southernmost star in Orion’s Belt. The Flame Nebula sits only 15 ...

Nebulae are gigantic clouds of gas and dust that exist in space between stars. Check out 7 mesmerizing photos of this cosmic ...

Nebulas often contain the remnants of dying stars stemming from events ... is connected to the red flame-like filament. The nebula's unique shape has formed over time from bubbles being blown ...

With February’s winter nights regularly dropping below freezing, it’s tempting to take the easy way out and just stay inside.

Four stars forming a parallelogram sit at the cluster ... In a previous podcast, I talked about the Flame Nebula (NGC 2024). If you can see that object easily, then try for the wonder many ...

NASA’s recent Image of the Day was the outer regions of the Tarantula Nebula, which is billed as one of the biggest and busiest star-creating areas in the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy.

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. This composite image shows the star-forming region 30 Doradus, also ...

Two young stars shine bright in the dusty depths of the Orion Nebula in a new Hubble Space Telescope image. Located about 1,300 light-years from Earth, these young stars, also known as protostars ...