Images from ALMA telescope provide insight to the earlier years of our universe.

Researchers have found that stars in the early universe may have formed from 'fluffy' molecular clouds. Using the ALMA telescope to observe the Small Magellanic Cloud -- whose environment is similar ...

Stars are born in dense molecular clouds, but did they always form this way? Recent research suggests that in the early ...

On the barren Chajnantor plateau, ALMA observes the depths of space, yet the rising Moon reminds us of home. Its seemingly ...

Astronomers have discovered that many infant stars born in stellar nurseries of the early universe may have preferred "fluffy" stellar blankets.

It’s neither fast nor food, but a spectacular object called HH 30 looks appetizing for astronomers in a new image from the ...

Also called molecular clouds, they can be massive, spanning hundreds of light-years and forming thousands of stars.

At the very beginning of its history, Earth was dry. How did it become a blue planet? A new theory could provide an answer.

The Europe-China Einstein Probe has detected an unusual X-ray burst originating from a rare pair of stars. This discovery ...

The Tarantula Nebula, also known as 30 Doradus, is revealed in an unusual light in this exceptionally deep Chandra X-ray ...

The European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) imaged both of the planets directly, and PDS 70b has the ...