Stars and planets are inextricably linked. They form together and stars shape the fate of planets. Stars create the dusty ...

When astronomers look deep into the early universe, the expectation is simple. You should see young galaxies still assembling ...

Gas cloud collisions during galaxy mergers compress interstellar material, triggering new star formation, as observed in interacting systems studied by NASA and reported by Universe Today.

New research explains how dust links the formation, evolution, and fate of stars and planets, and why future telescopes are needed to observe these processes in detail ...

The discovery is the first direct observational confirmation of a theory for how young stars feed on, and then explosively ...

Leonardo Testi and team investigate the initial conditions for planet formation in this special astronomy focus ...

Webb reveals a bridge of stars linking two nearby dwarf galaxies, offering a look at how gravity reshapes galaxies and sparks ...

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 ...

Besides being a point of light, a star is a luminous, spherical mass of plasma, enough to hold itself together under its own gravity. On its own, though, gravitational rounding isn't enough. What ...

Scientists at the University of Missouri have identified a small group of unusual objects in the early universe. Using NASA's ...

Scientists have identified a strange cosmic relic called Cloud-9 — a starless, gas-filled object dominated by dark matter.

The nearby star Vega holds a special place in human culture. Located just 25 light-years away, this shining beacon—about twice the mass of the sun and 40 times as bright—is so prominent in Earth’s ...