"It’s kind of a jigsaw puzzle where all the different pieces are moving." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space news, ...

The cluster can offer fresh insights into how stars of all sizes form and evolve. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Star clusters ...

Why it's so special: Stars in the Milky Way galaxy are born in huge molecular clouds. The most massive is Sagittarius B2, which is just a few hundred light-years from our the galaxy's central black ...

SpaceX has opened the new year by lofting Italy’s latest Cosmo-SkyMed radar satellite to orbit, turning a routine commercial mission into a statement about how quickly Earth observation is evolving.

Star clusters are among the many objects observed by the Hubble Space Telescope. These gravitationally bound groups of stars often form from the same molecular cloud and come in various types. These ...