Cosmic dust does far more than float through space. It's the raw material from which stars, planets and possibly even life ...

A growing body of research suggests that cosmic dust, originating from asteroid collisions and comet disintegration, may have played a crucial role in sparking the formation of life on Earth. This new ...

Astrophotographer Greg Meyer has captured a colorful view of the famous Trifid and Lagoon nebulas illuminated from within by radiation cast out by generations of energetic young stars.

To celebrate its third year of operations, the powerful space telescope has peered into the heart of an empyrean essence of ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has revealed thick, dusty layers of the Cat's Claw Nebula, a region of star formation about ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has been unwaveringly focused on our universe. With its unprecedented power to detect and ...

Scientists from UCL and the University of Cambridge have revealed that "space ice"—long thought to be completely ...

Fresh evidence claims that the Earth and the surrounding galaxy are suspended inside a cosmic void based on echoes from the ...

Two international teams zoned in on a potential answer to a decades-long mystery surrounding ephemeral cosmic X-rays.

A new observatory in Chile has produced a stunningly detailed image of a nebula resembling cotton candy, using the largest ...