Just as people of the same age can vary greatly in appearance and shape, so do collections of stars or stellar aggregates. New observations from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope suggest that ...

What can white dwarf stars eating their own planets teach astronomers about planetary and solar system formation and ...

Meng Dezhao, a Ph.D. student from the Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with his ...

This Collection features original research on the mechanisms driving star formation, the lifecycle of various stellar types, and the complex interactions between stars and their environments. The ...

For the study, the researchers made several remarkable and new discoveries: the two M-type stars that comprise the binary ...

Star formation is an intricate process that transforms vast molecular clouds into newborn stars, often accompanied by the formation of circumstellar discs composed of gas and dust. These ...

In a remarkable feat of astronomical innovation, scientists have employed a unique “hack” on the Giant Magellan Telescope to ...

On Oct. 11, 2022, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope spent over 20 hours observing the long-studied Hubble Ultra Deep Field for the first time. The general observer program (GO 1963) focused on ...

Indian astronomers have discovered how supermassive black holes and their powerful jets regulate galaxy growth by halting ...

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope confirmed the existence of a companion star orbiting Betelgeuse, ...

Astronomers have discovered a surprisingly "pristine" red giant with the lowest concentration of heavy elements ever seen in ...