A new image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows the Lupus 3 cloud in Scorpius bursting with young stars that are forming ...

A young star called V1298 Tau is giving astronomers a front-row seat to the birth of the galaxy’s most common planets. Four ...

Astronomers suspect that a massive metallic cloud swirling in a nearby star system could be hiding a giant planet or dwarf star from view, after it drastically dimmed a sun-like star for around nine ...

Massive stars have an outsized influence on their environment and the galaxies they call home. These behemoths have the ...

Using ESA's Gaia satellite, astronomers have investigated three open clusters in the galactic disk, namely Berkeley 17, 18 ...

Astronomers have discovered powerful magnetic fields steering gas, dust, and star formation in a dramatic galaxy merger.

Astronomers at The University of Manchester have played a leading role in the discovery of a new cosmic object that is much ...

Tree rings hold clues about ancient solar storms. New research shows tree growth and carbon storage can shift those signals across years.

Galaxies without stars might seem like a contradiction. Aren’t galaxies supposed to be islands of stars, gas, planets, and more? Well, maybe this newly discovered object should be called a failed ...

Type I formations are somewhat similar to nacreous cloud, though different in chemical composition. They scatter sunlight less efficiently; hence, Type I clouds are less iridescent. Their formation ...