For decades, astronomers have wondered what the very first stars in the universe were like. These stars formed new chemical ...

Pictures are the key to new insights in the field of astrophysics. Such images include simulations of cosmic events, which ...

Astronomers have discovered a giant Saturn-sized planet orbiting TOI-6894, the smallest star ever known to host such a world.

Gas streamers enable high-mass stars to grow rapidly despite radiation pressure, challenging traditional star formation ...

The life cycles of stars are fascinating, and sometimes the line between stars and planets isn’t as clear as it […] ...

New research suggests that primordial black holes created during the Big Bang could have played a major role in forming the ...

The textbook picture of how planets form—serene, flat disks of cosmic dust—has just received a significant cosmic twist.

The dragon's fat shape holds clues about how stars form -- and how the process stops. Orion's Nebula is an enormous cloud of gas and dust about 1,300 light-years from Earth.

Tracing these dust lanes reveals the cold, dense material that exists between stars. Scientists believe this dark material is the fuel that will form the next generation of stars.

For decades, astronomers have wondered what the very first stars in the universe were like. These stars formed new chemical ...