Some newly found stars in a small galaxy called Sextans A are forming without some of the usual "ingredients," raising ...

During a press conference at the 247th meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Phoenix, Devesh Nandal from the Center ...

Dark stars are not exactly stars, and they are certainly not dark. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. This article was originally ...

The night sky may look calm, but behind the glowing points of light lies a violent and complex process of creation. Stars, some heavier than millions of Earths, are born through fierce struggles ...

New research explains how dust links the formation, evolution, and fate of stars and planets, and why future telescopes are needed to observe these processes in detail ...

Astronomers have created a detailed forecast of where they expect to observe future stellar explosions in a nearby galaxy, ...

For the first time ever, astronomers revealed the birthplace of an energetic jet blasted by a newborn star using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile. When you purchase ...

NASA’s IXPE has peered into a nearby white dwarf system, revealing towering X-ray emitting gas columns and hidden stellar ...

In these stars, dust is thought to form first as aluminium oxide, then grow into silicate grains that contain magnesium and silicon. Observations support the presence of these materials close to the ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is reshaping astronomy with its powerful JWST infrared capabilities, allowing scientists to observe regions of space that were once completely hidden behind thick ...

Alexey A Petrov receives funding from the US Department of Energy. Scientists working with the James Webb Space Telescope discovered three unusual astronomical objects in early 2025, which may be ...