Just as people of the same age can vary greatly in appearance and shape, so do collections of stars or stellar aggregates. New observations from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope suggest that ...
Astronomers have discovered a surprisingly "pristine" red giant with the lowest concentration of heavy elements ever seen in ...
Astronomers have recently uncovered an extraordinary star, SDSS J0715-7334, which may be the most “pristine” object ever ...
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 ...
What can fast-spinning stars known as “blue lurkers” teach us about star formation and evolution? This is what a recent study being presented at the 245th American Astronomical Society meeting hopes ...
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 ...
On Oct. 11, 2022, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope spent over 20 hours observing the long-studied Hubble Ultra Deep Field for the first time. The general observer program (GO 1963) focused on ...
A study published today in Astronomy & Astrophysics marks a significant milestone in our understanding of the formation and dynamical evolution of multiple stellar populations in globular clusters ...
In a groundbreakingrelease on July 7, 2025, NASA showcased extraordinary images from its Hubble and Webb space telescopes that reveal the intricate dynamics of two star clusters, NGC 460 and NGC 456.
A research team from the Yunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has conducted a study on the binary fraction ...
"Studies of magnetic fields in massive stars in galaxies with young stellar populations provide crucial information on the role of magnetic fields in star formation in the early universe." When you ...
COSMOS-Web was the largest General Observer program selected by the James Webb Space Telescope for Cycle 1. The team, led by RIT Associate Professor Jeyhan Kartaltepe, has publicly released its full ...