New data from the James Webb Space Telescope may solve a riddle from the universe’s beginnings. A compact, distant object ...

Dr. Steve Kawaler, Professor of Astronomy at Iowa State University, explores the mysteries of white dwarf stars — the ...

Stellar astronomy and planetary systems form a cornerstone of astrophysical research, uniting our understanding of the life cycles of stars with the intricate architecture of the systems that form ...

A star like the Sun lives modestly for billions of years, converting the nuclear fuel in its core into energy that ultimately escapes as light and heat. But the most spectacular phase of a Sun-like ...

This quiz will take you on a journey through the life cycle of stars, their classification, and the incredible processes that ...

When we think of planets, we imagine steady worlds orbiting stars. But astronomers have just caught a free-floating planet in the act of a cosmic binge, devouring matter at the fastest rate ever seen ...

Stellar migration may greatly increase the number of habitable planets in the Milky Way. Future ESA missions will test these predictions with detailed exoplanet observations. What can the Galactic Hab ...

Archival ALMA data revealed a large, expanding bubble near the protoplanetary disk of the young star WSB 52, located approximately 441 light-years away. The bubble's formation is hypothesized to ...

Floating high above Earth's atmosphere, the Hubble Space Telescope has captured some of the most breathtaking images ever ...

The map, spanning 4,000 light-years from the sun in all directions, combines a chart of space dust with the effects of a rare type of young, hot star.

Discover why stars twinkle at night! Learn how Earth’s atmosphere bends starlight, why planets shine steadily and explore ...