The Very Large Telescope's SPHERE instrument captured unprecedented images of 51 dusty rings shaping young planetary systems.

SPHERE’s detailed images of dusty rings around young stars offer a rare glimpse into the hidden machinery of planet formation ...

Stars form in massive clouds of gas called molecular clouds. As they form, they accrete gas from these clouds, and as the ...

Astronomers have captured images of two stellar explosions—known as novae—within days of their eruption and in unprecedented ...

In this visualization of stars observed by ESA's Gaia mission, the "frequency of the rotating and pulsating stars was ...

There is a new method to detect and map spots on stars by "using observations from NASA missions of orbiting planets." ...

A scientist has identified a possible astronomical explanation for the Star of Bethlehem, as described in the Bible ...

Astronomers have long sought a cosmic explanation for the Bible’s Star of Bethlehem, the shining celestial object that, so ...

December nights are the longest — and often some of the coldest — of the year. While some may dread December’s darkness, ...

Three more papers on the samples brought back from asteroid Bennu reveal the place contains the building blocks of DNA and ...

Swetha Gurumurthy provides a stark, monochromatic view of the human motor system. This high-contrast image shows the “neurites” — the branching highways that connect motor neurons to muscles. Using a ...

Actor John Rhys-Davies reflects on his career, while expressing fears around the growth of artificial intelligence. | ITV ...