In a first-of-its-kind test, scientists used a levitated magnet to search for dark matter, the unidentified substance believed to be present throughout the cosmos. If dark matter is made up of ...

Hubble’s image of the Large Magellanic Cloud reveals a cotton candy-like cloudscape using light our eyes can’t see, like ultraviolet and infrared. The result is both beautiful and informative. NASA ...

Earth—our tiny blue dot in the galaxy—is approximately 26,000 light years away from a fascinating and active region of the ...

While we explore the far reaches of the universe about ten billion light-years from Earth, our solar neighborhood still holds surprises. An international team, including researchers from ...

The James Webb Space Telescope captured amazing imagery of the Chameleon I dark molecular cloud. It harbors the "deepest, ...

According to Burkhart, "This cloud is literally glowing in the dark. It was kind of like just waiting to be explored. This opens up new possibilities for studying the molecular universe", as ...

I’m going to start with the Cepheus Molecular Cloud, a rich region with some interesting ... If you have a chance, check it out on the next dark, clear, moonless night.

At 300 light-years away, the interstellar cloud is the closest of its kind ever found to Earth and the largest apparent single structure in the sky.

it is actually one of the closest molecular clouds to the sun and our planet ever detected. The cloud, a ball of hydrogen, is shaped like a crescent and “literally glowing in the dark ...

A vast molecular cloud where stars are formed was recently ... "This cloud is literally glowing in the dark,” Burkhart said. Burkart and her team were able to make the discovery by observing ...

An enormous glowing cloud that contains approximately 3,400 solar masses worth of gas has been discovered near the solar ...