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

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

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

NASA is showing off a new kind of baby picture: portraits of massive stars still in the womb. Using the Hubble Space ...

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

New data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope shows where crystalline silicates form around young stars and how disk outflows transport them to colder, outer regions.

A twisting black hole jet is pushing gas across a star-forming galaxy, revealing how black holes can reshape disks from the ...

Astronomers have long sought evidence to explain why comets at the outskirts of our own solar system contain crystalline ...

New images taken by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope show young stars forming within a "toe bean" on the Cat's Paw Nebula. The Cat's Paw Nebula is named after its resemblance to a feline footprint: ...

Just 500 light years away, the Chamaeleon Complex, and in particular its dark cloud Chamaeleon I, is a hotbed of young, low-mass stars. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

New research suggests that essential components of life may assemble in interstellar space long before planets or oceans ...

The vast majority of stars form and reside within galaxies due to the presence of cold, dense molecular gas clouds conducive to star formation. True intergalactic space, characterized by low-density ...