“Runner Up” of the “Deep Space” category in the Royal Observatory Greenwich’s Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2013 exhibition, this beautiful space wallpaper shows Rho Ophiuchi and Antares Nebulae.

A rich collection of colorful astronomical objects is revealed in this picturesque image of the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Explorer, or WISE. Image credit: ...

Newborn stars peek out from beneath their natal blanket of dust in this dynamic image of the Rho Ophiuchi dark cloud from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Called "Rho Oph" by astronomers, it's one of ...

the main cloud of the Rho Ophiuchi star-forming region. Click on the image for a wider, higher-resolution 9-megabyte photo. One of our galaxy's closest star-forming regions provides the canvas for a ...

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Astronomers have been studying something far away from the Earth in the Rho Ophiuchi star formation region. Inside this region is a very young star known as 2MASS J16281370-2431391 that is about 400 ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the world’s newest and most powerful telescope yet, is celebrating the first anniversary of its first image release in grand style with a dramatic close-up of ...

The young star 2MASS J16281370-2431391 lies in the spectacular Rho Ophiuchi star formation region, about 400 light-years from Earth. It is surrounded by a disc of gas and dust -- such discs are called ...

NASA has revealed a stunning image of star birth in a "star-forming" region of the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex. Situated 400 light-years away, this location showcases the display of gas and dust while ...

WASHINGTON, July 12 (Reuters) - NASA on Wednesday released an image obtained by the James Webb Space Telescope, opens new tab of the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex, the closest star-forming region to ...