A newly found, huge cloud near our solar system probably won't form stars, but will rather disperse as part of a feedback ...

The cloud, named Eos, is chock-full of molecular hydrogen and possibly rife with star-forming potential in the future.

Stars and planets are formed from so-called molecular clouds. Now, using a new method, a particularly close one has been discovered and christened "Eos".

Named Eos, the cloud of gas would appear huge in the night sky if visible to the naked eye and could shed light on solar ...

A celestial leap is set to take place over two nights as the moon and Jupiter will appear to dance near to each other in the night sky.

The find shines light on how galaxies begin to turn gas and dust "into stars and planets," said astrophysicist Blakesley ...

Crepuscular rays — whose name derives from the Latin word for twilight — are an optical phenomenon caused by sunlight shooting through gaps in clouds or other obstacles. In the case of Monday after ...

Spanning approximately 220,000 light-years across, the Andromeda Galaxy is the largest galaxy of the Local Group, which also ...

One of the largest structures in the sky, as seen from our perspective, has only just been discovered. It’s an enormous cloud ...

“Earthshine” — sunlight reflected by our planet's oceans, ice caps and clouds — can be detected ... brightest and best in the night sky. April will also see the first "shooting stars ...

After the chance for severe thunderstorms on Monday, things quiet down fairly quickly going into Tuesday, with only one other ...