"This is a tale of a failed galaxy." ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - “When I was a kid, my cousin showed me Saturn from a telescope when I was young and that got me hooked.” Tom Weber, the President of the Cedar Amateur Astronomers recalled.

Humans have been eyeing the colorful Ring Nebula for nearly 250 years, but testing out a new telescope tool led to the ...

Astronomers realized that a strange cloud of gas was actually a relic of the ancient universe which might help solve some of ...

Astronomers have captured the universe's first confirmed failed galaxy, a starless expanse of dark matter dubbed Cloud-9, ...

Cloud-9 entered the picture in 2023, when astronomers using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) in China detected an unusual cloud of neutral hydrogen near the spiral galaxy ...

A newly discovered celestial object may be a starless cloud that could change how astronomers understand dark matter.

WASHINGTON, Jan 19 (Reuters) - The Ring Nebula, a stunning celestial structure residing in our neighborhood of the Milky Way ...

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A team of researchers discovered a new type of astronomical object that may help experts learn more about the formation of galaxies and the development of the early universe. NASA dubbed the object ...

Virgo the Maiden is the second-largest constellation, covering 3.1 percent of the sky. It contains 11 Messier objects, tons of worthy targets from the New General Catalogue, and more faint galaxies ...

From Orion's glowing nebula to the sparkling Pleiades, these winter targets reward anyone willing to brave the cold.