Astronomers use simulations to discover how globular clusters form and reveal a new type of star system near the Milky Way.

Globular clusters are dense groups of hundreds of thousands to millions of stars that orbit galaxies such as the Milky Way. Their stars are highly consistent in age and chemical composition and show ...

Strict embargo: not for publication or external distribution until 10 September 2025 at 16:00 (London time), 10 September 2025 at 11:00 (US Eastern Time) For centuries, astronomers have puzzled over ...

The newly formed planet has been named WISPIT 2b, discovered in a dark gap within a dust and gas disk surrounding a sun-like star, WISPIT 2. Previously, scientists had only speculated that these gaps ...

Scientists have revised the timeline for the approach of the rogue star Gliese 710, which is now expected to enter the solar ...

For centuries, astronomers have puzzled over the origins of one of the universe's oldest and densest stellar systems, known as globular clusters. Now, a University of Surrey-led study published in ...

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The collision and merger of two neutron stars -- the incredibly dense remnants of collapsed stars -- are some of the most energetic events in the ...

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A maelstrom of star formation close to the center of our galaxy has been revealed in two different wavelengths by the James ...