Shutterstock The formation of stars is a festinating process that involves massive amounts of dust and gas slowly coming ...

Our readers agree that in the unlikely event you were able to approach a neutron star, it would look very smooth and bright ...

Star formation is a fundamental physical process in our universe. Stars light up the cosmos, and give rise to planets, some ...

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 ...

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

Astronomers have recently uncovered an extraordinary star, SDSS J0715-7334, which may be the most “pristine” object ever discovered. Located in the halo of the Large Magellanic Cloud, this star offers ...

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

Some classes of stars create light elements, such as oxygen and silicon; others also craft heavier ones, such as iron and ...

Scientists got a never-before-seen look at an area around a large exoplanet 625 light-years away where moons could ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Luke Keller, Ithaca College (THE CONVERSATION) For decades, astronomers have wondered ...

Chemistry in the first 50 million to 100 million years after the Big Bang may have been more active than we expected. This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication ...