We thought we understood planets, but the planetary disk chemistry of far-away XUE 10 is completely changing our conception ...

Astronomers have recently uncovered an extraordinary star, SDSS J0715-7334, which may be the most “pristine” object ever ...

Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to peer inside the heart of spiral galaxies, where young stars carve out glowing paths. The space observatory, named after a North Carolina native, ...

Sagittarius B2, a massive molecular cloud near the center of the Milky Way, is densely packed with stars and complex magnetic ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Using the James Webb Space Telescope, an international team of astronomers have found new ...

The first stars in the universe formed out of pristine hydrogen and helium clouds, in the first few hundred million years ...

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 ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A composite image of the star-forming region NGC 6357. New research shows a young star in NGC ...

The formation of stars is intricately linked to the complex structure and dynamics of molecular clouds—vast, cold, and dense regions in the interstellar medium that primarily consist of molecular ...

The star-forming region called Sagittarius B2 contains half of the galactic center's stars, yet only 10% of the gas.