NASA's retired Spitzer Space Telescope captured the same shot in 2006, with scientists then dubbing the stellar jet “the cosmic tornado.” But it was too fuzzy to make out the background galaxy ...

Frothy and resembling an ice cream sundae — that’s how NASA described a newly-released, stunning image of a cosmic tornado ...

HH 49/50 was first glimpsed by NASA’s now-retired Spitzer Space Telescope in 2006. Located approximately 625 light-years from Earth in the Chamaeleon constellation, astronomers soon nicknamed HH ...

When NASA's now-retired Spitzer Space Telescope first observed Herbig-Haro 49/50 (HH 49/50) in 2006, scientists dubbed it the "Cosmic Tornado" due to its spiral-like appearance. However ...