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.

When you go outside on a clear, moonless night, you can see not only lots of stars but ... galaxies that glow across the electromagnetic spectrum, creating the ultimate dark-sky limit.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...