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 ...

Illustration of the uncertainty of Earth's orbit 56 million years ago due to a potential past passage of the Sun-like star HD7977 2.8 million years ago. Each point's distance from the center ...

Astronomers have recently uncovered an extraordinary star, SDSS J0715-7334, which may be the most “pristine” object ever discovered. Located in the halo of the Large Magellanic Cloud, this star offers ...

To understand how the universe was formed and how we got here, ancient stars are some of the best objects to study — yet astronomers know surprisingly little about the conditions in which they were ...

The discovery could lead to the finding of more planets. Astrophysicists are marveling at the latest celestial discovery made near the Milky Way's supermassive black hole. Scientists have uncovered ...

A close-up of the "mane" of the Horsehead Nebula, located some 1,300 light-years from Earth. This view was captured by the James Webb Space Telescope's Mid-Infrared Instrument. NASA, ESA, CSA, K.

R Coronae Borealis (RCB) stars are an exceptionally rare class of hydrogen‐deficient, carbon‐rich supergiants noted for their dramatic, irregular declines in brightness caused by episodic dust ...

Tiny white dots of stars appear on a black background, with about a dozen larger bright spots with fuzzy edges also visible. A rich collection of galaxies at the heart of the Virgo supercluster of ...