Research findings are available online in the journal Nature Astronomy. The original story “ Pristine star reveals the dawn ...

Westerhaut 51 is the unassuming name of a vast "star factory" 17,000 light years from Earth. 350 light years across, it ...

A protostarjust 200 years old has been observed ejecting gas and energy in sudden bursts, a phenomenon astronomers liken to ...

Baby stars release excess energy by ejecting magnetic “sneezes,” forming giant warm gas rings, new ALMA observations reveal.

A blazing supermassive black hole can influence far more than its own galaxy. Scientists found that quasars emit radiation strong enough to shut down star formation in nearby galaxies millions of ...

(CN) — A newborn star deep inside a cloud of gas and dust appears to be “sneezing,” sending out bursts of energy that may ...

Three years ago, Carnegie University astronomers examining a small star called a red dwarf found something unexpected: a ...

Astronomers have uncovered an extraordinarily ancient star that offers a rare glimpse into the universe’s earliest chapters.

NASA's powerful James Webb Space telescope has revealed a colorful spread of stars and cosmic dust in the Milky Way's most active star-forming region. The telescope was studying Sagittarius B2, a ...

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 ...

Star formation in the early universe was a vigorous process that created gigantic stars. Called Population III stars, these giants were massive, extremely luminous stars that lived short lives, many ...

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 ...