The star-forming region called Sagittarius B2 contains half of the galactic center's stars, yet only 10% of the gas.

Webb’s MIRI, managed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory through launch, helped reveal the star-studded Sagittarius B2 molecular cloud in unprecedented detail.

Why Sagittarius B2 produces so many stars in comparison to the rest of the galactic center has remained an enduring mystery ...

Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to peer inside the heart of spiral galaxies, where young stars carve out glowing paths. The space observatory, named after a North Carolina native, ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured stunning new images of Sagittarius B2, a highly active star-forming region near the Milky Way's center. Ut ...

A baby exoplanet has been spotted nestled inside a ring around its young parent star, offering a never-before-seen view of ...

Those clouds of gas and dust will eventually become future stars, NASA said. The clouds also serve as a sort of "cocoon" for young stars. Researchers also hope the Webb telescope's instruments can ...

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will help scientists better understand our Milky Way galaxy’s less sparkly components — gas and dust strewn between stars, known as the interstellar medium.

Scientists have gotten a never-before-seen look at an area around a large exoplanet 625 light-years away where moons like the ...

The European Space Agency also hoped to observe the interstellar object during its close approach to Mars using two ...

A young protoplanet called WISPIT 2b was seen forming in a star's dust ring, presenting significant insight into planetary formation.