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

Astronomers have gained insights into star formation by capturing the first spatially resolved detection of protostellar ...

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

The idea was that high-powered lasers would propel tiny probes to 20 percent of the speed of light, impelling them with ...

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

Astronomers first thought these red dots were ancient galaxies. They appeared unusually mature for their early universe age.

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

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

The long-standing idea of planets forming in perfectly flat, orderly discs has been challenged by new research. Instead of ...

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

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 ...

Webb telescope captures a young giant star firing off an 8-light-year gas jet, and revealing how massive stars form.