Interstellar objects like 3I/ATLAS that have been captured in planet-forming disks around young stars could become the seeds ...

New studies suggest that the first stars formed after the Big Bang may not have been as uniformly massive as previously believed.

At just 25, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin applied quantum physics to a treasure trove of astronomical observations to show that stars are mostly hydrogen and helium.

Astronomers have used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to reveal that the warped ring around Fomalhaut ...

Astronomers have long known that many of the largest stars in our Milky Way do not live alone but instead exist in pairs. Now ...

Astronomers have discovered the raw ingredients of planets orbiting two infant stars, offering a glimpse into how new worlds ...

A massive star on the distant outskirts of our Milky Way galaxy is seen blowing a powerful cosmic blowtorch in a new image ...

Pictures are the key to new insights in the field of astrophysics. Such images include simulations of cosmic events, which astrophysicists at UZH use to investigate how stars, planets and galaxies ...

Chemistry in the first 50 million to 100 million years after the Big Bang may have been more active than we expected.

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 ...

Stars form in the universe from massive clouds of gas. European Southern Observatory, CC BY-SA For decades, astronomers have wondered what the very first stars in the universe were like. These stars ...

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