“Clusters form big families of stars that can stay together for large parts of their…
Browsing: Stars
Stars are massive, luminous spheres of plasma held together by gravity, and they are the fundamental building blocks of galaxies. Formed from collapsing clouds of gas and dust, stars generate energy through nuclear fusion, converting hydrogen into helium and releasing light and heat in the process. They come in a wide range of sizes, colors, and life stages—from newborn protostars to red giants, white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes. Studying stars helps astronomers understand the origins of elements, the evolution of galaxies, and the dynamics of the universe itself. This page features the latest research and discoveries about stars, from stellar birth and death to their role in cosmic evolution.
A rare blast of light, emitted by a star as it is sucked in by…
New research is helping to explain one of the big questions that has perplexed astrophysicists…
This image, taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, depicts a special class of star-forming…
Using telescopes from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and other organizations around the world, astronomers…
Astronomers from The University of Western Australia’s node of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy…
An observation campaign led by ESA’s XMM-Newton space observatory reveals the youngest pulsar ever seen…
Using a limited set of mathematical equations, Worcester Polytechnic Institute mathematical sciences professor Mayer Humi…
Star formation in molecular clouds usually occurs in a two-step process. Supersonic flows first compress…
Astronomers present an explanation for the mesmerizing shapes of planetary nebulae. The discovery is based…
For the first time, an intact, giant exoplanet has been discovered orbiting close to a…
Colliding neutron stars were touted as the main source of some of the heaviest elements…
Using a NASA-designed software program, members of the public helped identify a cache of brown…
A team including researchers from the Institute for Astrophysics of the University of Cologne has…
Massive stars are larger than about 10 times the mass of the Sun and are…
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) took a census of stellar eggs in…
A mystery surrounding the space around our solar system is unfolding thanks to evidence of…
The most massive stars in the universe are born inside cosmic clouds of gas and…