The most powerful telescope ever launched into space uncovered a cluster of forming stars within the "toe beans" of the Cat's ...

On July 11, 2022, the James Webb Space Telescope finished its commissioning and commenced science operations. In the three ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has made yet another stunning discovery to round out three years of space exploration. This ...

Astronomers have identified NGC 6334 as a region in our galaxy that may deserve the “starburst” title and may help explain what leads to the furious production of new stars in this type of region.

NGC 6334 is located about 5500 light-years away from Earth, while NGC 6357 is more remote, at a distance of 8000 light-years. Both are in the constellation of Scorpius (The Scorpion), near the tip … ...

The Cat’s Paw Nebula, NGC 6334, is a huge stellar nursery, the birthplace of hundreds of massive stars. In a magnificent new ESO image taken with the Visible and Infrared […] ...

The Dumbbell Nebula (M27) and the North America Nebula (NGC 7000) come to mind. Add one more — the Cat’s Paw Nebula. Sir John Herschel discovered NGC 6334 June 7, 1837, from the Cape of Good ...

It's part of the Cat's Paw Nebula, also known as NGC 6334. The team, led by Zachary Fried, a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), ...

To mark its third year of highly productive science, astronomers used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to scratch beyond the surface of the Cat's Paw Nebula (NGC 6334), a massive, local ...