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

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

When my colleagues and I send them out to explore our solar system, it's important for us to understand the 3D map of our ...

The Large Magellanic Cloud, or LMC, is a key spot for astronomers to study star formation.

In the bigger picture, "down" could be defined as being below the plane of the solar system, which is known as the ecliptic.

Some stars appear to defy time itself. Nestled within ancient star clusters, they shine bluer and brighter than their neighbors, looking far younger than their true age. Known as blue straggler stars, ...

Astronomers have long searched for life within a rather narrow ring around a star, the "habitable zone," where a planet ...

The Helix Nebula is one of the most well-known and commonly photographed planetary nebulae because it resembles the “ Eye of ...

A pull in the right direction ...

Ba-by stars, doo doo doo doo doo doo.