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

New Hubble observations explain how blue straggler stars form, showing that binary systems in low-density clusters play a key role ...

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

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

The "Cosmic Grapes" galaxy formed just 900 million years after the Big Bang, revealing a never-before-seen structure.

Some newly found stars in a small galaxy called Sextans A are forming without some of the usual "ingredients," raising ...

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

Scientists are using modern technology to peer heavenward. This is an Inside Science story. Since ancient times, people gazing up at the night sky have seen animals, gods and goddesses, and other ...

Astronomers find galaxy Y1, a young star-forming region, revealing extreme heat just 600 million years after the Big Bang.

When astronomers look deep into the early universe, they don’t expect to see fully developed cosmic objects but small galaxies, young stars, and black holes still struggling to grow. However, recent ...

Theorists have long wondered how massive stars–up to 120 times the mass of the Sun–can form without blowing away the clouds of gas and dust that feed their growth. But the problem turns out to be less ...