Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have identified emerging young star clusters still breaking free from their ...

By reading the chemical “fingerprints” of a distant galaxy, astronomers reconstructed its 12-billion-year evolution. This new ...

This Collection features original research on the mechanisms driving star formation, the lifecycle of various stellar types, and the complex interactions between stars and their environments. The ...

An artist's impression shows the giant spiral galaxy NGC 1365 as it collides and merges with a smaller companion galaxy, ...

The birth of massive stars involves gravity, turbulence, and stellar feedback, all of which influence the flow of matter.

Astronomers have uncovered an ultra-rare star that could reshape our understanding of the early universe. Named PicII‑503, ...

Spread the loveA remarkable breakthrough in exoplanet research has been achieved by astronomers who discovered a Saturn-mass exoplanet orbiting a binary system composed of two low-mass stars. This ...

For centuries, astronomers faced the challenge of classifying objects in space based on their appearance. When observing an ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of astronomers has observed a nearby spiral galaxy known ...