The skies may be full of invisible "boson stars" that are made of an exotic form of matter that does not shine. We strongly suspect that the universe is full of dark matter, which makes up around ...

But why do the stars twinkle at all? And why do they shimmer brighter in the winter sky than they do on a midsummer’s night?

Astronomers have discovered the closest known molecular cloud to Earth, giving them a rare close-up view of the cosmic recycling of matter that fuels the creation of new stars and planets.

These could block the light from the more distant stars, keeping the sky dark. Sadly, this doesn’t work. Those clouds heat up from absorbing all that radiation and soon glow as brightly as any star.

describes Eos as a vast structure made mostly of molecular hydrogen — the key ingredient for forming stars and planets. What makes the discovery stand out, researchers say, is how it was made: by ...

“It’s absolutely incredible,” Voss said. “It reminds me of the glow-in-the-dark stars we might have had on our ceilings, that kind of soft glow.” Voss said the glow reminds him of when ...

After dark, they glow again and become an electric art walk ... On low-tide nights, beaches in Jersey can twinkle with bioluminescent bristle worms that light up the seabed with pale green ...

By Katrina Miller Stars and planets are born inside swirling ... And “it is literally glowing in the dark,” she added. Identifying and studying clouds like Eos, particularly based on their ...

The concept is similar to the stars that are stuck to the ceilings of children’s rooms that glow in the dark, Mulhall said. “We’ll be among the first people to have it in the country,” he ...

George Etheredge for The New York Times Supported by By Holland Cotter The magnificent glow-in-the-dark exhibition called ... favored the so-called Gothic style, decorative, angular, flat ...