Stars and planets form in cold, dense clouds of gas and dust, where cosmic rays are the dominant source of ionization and heating. Cosmic rays are high-energy particles, including protons, electrons, ...

You can predict the Sun’s distant future by looking far beyond the Solar System. Across the Milky Way, astronomers study ...

A new image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows the Lupus 3 cloud in Scorpius bursting with young stars that are forming ...

Using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology researchers measure cosmic rays in far-off ...

When young stars mix with neutron stars, things get messy.

Webb’s latest image of the Helix Nebula reveals a dramatic close-up of a dying star shedding its outer layers. The detailed ...

An international research team led by scientists from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology has achieved the first direct measurement of cosmic rays deep inside a star-forming nebula. Using ...

The Helix Nebula is one of the most well-known astronomical motifs, yet the James Webb Space Telescope has revealed previously invisible details.

A closer look at the Helix Nebula reveals how dying stars shed material, shape space, and hint at the distant future of our ...

The Pelican Nebula is located in the constellation Cygnus, the swan.

New images taken by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope show young stars forming within a "toe bean" on the Cat's Paw Nebula. The Cat's Paw Nebula is named after its resemblance to a feline footprint: ...