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Shimmering ejections emitted by two actively forming stars make up Lynds 483 (L483). High-resolution near-infrared light captured by NASA’s James…

This image of protostar Lynds 483 (L483), captured by the James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera), shows compass arrows,…

The universe is a dusty place, as this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image featuring swirling clouds of gas and dust…

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured the sharpest infrared images to date of a zoomed-in portion of one of…

This image by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) features the central region of the Chamaeleon I dark…

Astronomers have taken an inventory of the most deeply embedded ices in a cold molecular cloud to date. They used…

Editor’s Note, Jan. 25, 2023: The story below has been updated to clarify that the central region of the Chamaeleon…

The Snake is a serpentine-shaped, extremely filamentary cloud. In this infrared image from the Spitzer Space Telescope, the blue dots…

An image from the Spitzer Space Telescope shows an area of the center of the Milky Way known as the…