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Every star you see in the night sky forms from a nebula, which is a large region of dust and gas in space. One such nebula, the Lagoon Nebula, is visible with binoculars or small telescopes and is ...

The universe is a slow-changing place. While it's mostly true that the heavens and the deep-sky objects in it will look largely the same across an average human lifetime, there are dramatic examples ...

Astronomers have discovered a dense stellar nursery packed with infant stars in a vast "cosmic ink blot." The team made the discovery using one of the most powerful digital cameras in the world: the ...