For decades, astronomers have wondered what the very first stars in the universe were like. These stars formed new chemical ...

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Astronomers have glimpsed the inner structure of a dying star in a rare kind of cosmic explosion called an "extremely ...

New research suggests that primordial black holes created during the Big Bang could have played a major role in forming the ...

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The dragon's fat shape holds clues about how stars form -- and how the process stops. Orion's Nebula is an enormous cloud of gas and dust about 1,300 light-years from Earth.

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Tracing these dust lanes reveals the cold, dense material that exists between stars. Scientists believe this dark material is the fuel that will form the next generation of stars.

Astronomers have discovered a giant Saturn-sized planet orbiting TOI-6894, the smallest star ever known to host such a world.

Astronomers may have uncovered the origins of the mysterious “little red dots,” some of the strangest galaxies seen in the ...

This image of the Sculptor galaxy will give astronomers detailed information on a variety of stars, nebulae and galactic regions. European Southern Observatory If you happen to find yourself in ...