Chrissy Sexton

Today's Image of the Day from the European Space Agency features the Cat's Paw Nebula - a massive, active star-forming region in the constellation

Today's Image of the Day features the Butterfly Nebula, located about 3,400 light-years away in the constellation Scorpius. 

A new study of 2,600 vertebrates has revealed that brain size grows fastest when warmth and newborn size align.

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured Sagittarius B2, the Milky Way’s largest and most active star-forming cloud.

Astronomers have spotted a ghostly visitor soaring through the Milky Way - a winged cloud of gas and dust that looks like a bat in flight. 

Today's Image of the Day features the Red Spider Nebula, a spectacular cloud of gas and dust in the constellation Sagittarius.

Today's Image of the Day from the European Space Agency features the Eagle Nebula, also known as Messier 16, which is located about 7,000 light-years away

About 250 million years ago, as life was recovering from Earth’s greatest mass extinction, some reptiles began to change their posture.

Today's Image of the Day from the European Space Agency features the Jewel Bug Nebula, also known as NGC 7027.

Today's Image of the Day from the European Space Agency features a stunning reflection nebula known as GN 04.32.8 in the constellation Taurus.