Still in its original galaxy, a rare holdout from the second generation of stars sheds new light on the origins of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Stars form in the universe from massive clouds of gas. European Southern Observatory, CC BY-SA For decades, astronomers have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. JWST has revealed a black hole so massive, and so star-poor, that it bends standard cosmic origin stories. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) ...

Stars are born deep inside vast clouds of gas and dust scattered throughout galaxies. Through powerful gravitational forces, these cosmic nurseries slowly collapse until new stars ignite. This video ...

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

Stars usually form in clusters, which can also form in pairs or groups. Binary clusters (BCs) are defined as pairs of open clusters closely associated both in position and kinematics. They provide ...

Immediately after the Big Bang, which occurred around 13.8 billion years ago, the universe was dominated by unimaginably high temperatures and densities. However, after just a few seconds, it had ...

Rebecca McClain receives funding from the National Science Foundation. Adam Leroy receives funding from NASA/Space Telescope Science Institute that supports research related to the survey of NGC 253 ...

Alexey A Petrov receives funding from the US Department of Energy. Scientists working with the James Webb Space Telescope discovered three unusual astronomical objects in early 2025, which may be ...

For decades, astronomers have wondered what the very first stars in the universe were like. These stars formed new chemical elements, which enriched the universe and allowed the next generations of ...