Located about 1,300 light-years away in the constellation Orion, protostar V1647 Ori gave astronomers the…
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.
Similar to Jupiter, exoplanet HD 189733b is a gas giant that circles its star, named…
A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows the butterfly-shaped cloud of glowing gas…
Astrophysicists are getting closer to understanding the unexplained force that influences the laws of gravity…
To better understand how star formation and black hole activity are linked, scientists are looking…
Using data from the WISE satellite, scientists discovered an ultra-cool brown dwarf, known as BD+01…
Data captured by NASA’s Galaxy Evolution Explorer and the Pan-STARRS1 telescope show direct evidence of…
As scientists are learning more about rogue stars, they are also learning new ways to…
Using the radio telescope at Arecibo, Puerto Rico, a team of astrophysicists from Penn State…
Using images from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, scientists were able to locate an aging…
Searching for dark matter and studying conventional models for the origin and evolution of the…
A new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 shows…
It seems that black holes have appetites large enough to swallow stars. Astronomers at the…
A new image of 30 Doradus was released by ESA and NASA to celebrate the…
According to a new study set to be published this week, rogue planets might not…
The power of the Hubble Space Telescope never ceases to amaze. Pictured above is the…
After more than 2.7 million images taken at four infrared wavelengths of light and more…
Images in visible and infrared light taken with the Wide Field Channel of Hubble’s Advanced…