Betelgeuse, the iconic red star of the Orion constellation, has been the subject of much talk in recent years due to its ...

Stars and planets are inextricably linked. They form together and stars shape the fate of planets. Stars create the dusty ...

Theorists have long wondered how massive stars–up to 120 times the mass of the Sun–can form without blowing away the clouds of gas and dust that feed their growth. But the problem turns out to be less ...

When astronomers look deep into the early universe, the expectation is simple. You should see young galaxies still assembling ...

Stars form in the universe from massive clouds of gas. European Southern Observatory, CC BY-SA For decades, astronomers have wondered what the very first stars in the universe were like. These stars ...

Webb reveals a bridge of stars linking two nearby dwarf galaxies, offering a look at how gravity reshapes galaxies and sparks ...

A groundbreaking discovery has shed new light on star formation in the early universe, revealing a galaxy that forms stars at an extraordinary rate. Known as Y1, this galaxy is unlike anything ...

Using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), astronomers have observed a nearby ultra-diffuse galaxy designated F8D1. The new observations, presented July 17 on the pre-print server arXiv, deliver ...

How did a planet this big form around a star this small? An international team of astronomers, including researchers from the University of Liège and collaborators in UK, Chile, the USA, and Europe, ...

For decades, astronomers have wondered what the very first stars in the universe were like. These stars formed new chemical elements, which enriched the universe and allowed the next generations of ...