The Core And Filament Formation/Evolution In Natal Environments (CAFFEINE) survey is an "astronomer's best friend," according to the European Southern Observatory.

"Until now, it was unknown what type of star would remain after the merger." ...

A groundbreaking new radio image reveals the Milky Way in more detail than ever before, using low-frequency radio “colors” to ...

The James Webb Space Telescope captured a colorful portrait of a nearby stellar cradle, revealing a wealth of insights about ...

The neural network approach uses multiple or “deep” layers that learn to identify increasingly complex features in data. The ...

Known as dinosaur stars for both their primeval nature and their immense size, Population III stars existed only when the ...

Using powerful X-rays, researchers at SLAC are trying to recover erased traces of a 2,000-year-old star catalog that could ...

Astronomers used to rely on chance to catch a glimpse of fleeting explosions in space. A fresh approach to watching these ...

V1674 Herculis was a record-breaker. It erupted in the constellation Hercules on June 12, 2021, and skyrocketed to peak ...

It is theoretically possible for a particularly massive star to collapse in on itself to form a black hole rather than ...

Astronomers have discovered a vast, dense cluster of massive galaxies just 1 billion years after the Big Bang, each forming ...

The night sky has long sparked wonder and curiosity. Early civilizations studied the stars and tracked celestial events, predicted eclipses and used their observations to construct calendars, develop ...