Shutterstock The formation of stars is a festinating process that involves massive amounts of dust and gas slowly coming ...

Researchers spotted a colossal cloud of gas and dust in the Milky Way, filled with turbulent motion, newborn star seeds, and even a natural microwave laser. This newly found Midpoint cloud appears to ...

The cosmic butterfly has also produced plenty of PAHs – large hydrocarbon molecules that could play a key early role in prebiotic chemistry. Cosmic dust particles that give birth to planets around ...

Since the discovery of planetary nebulae in the late 1700s, astronomers have learned that these expanding shells of glowing gas expelled by low-intermediate mass stars late in their lives can come in ...