Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have captured the clearest picture yet of how galaxies formed in the early universe.

Scientists have for the first time mapped both a spiral gas streamer and its magnetic field as they channel material onto the ...

Astronomers have uncovered the most promising evidence yet for the existence of dark stars—giant cosmic objects powered by dark matter, rather than the fusion processes typically seen in stars. These ...

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 ...

This massive star-forming cloud is working surprisingly fast. A maelstrom of star formation close to the center of our galaxy has been revealed in two different wavelengths by the James Webb Space ...

The image shows the very earliest moments of planet formation, when hot minerals are just beginning to solidify around a distant star, according to a statement. The researchers published their ...

Researchers from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have revealed for the first time how gas flows from vast distances toward the disk surrounding a ...

Located some 620 light-years away in the Chamaeleon constellation, scientists recorded Cha 1107-7626 accreting six to eight ...

"We're now entering an era where we can automatically catch these rare events as they happen, not just after the fact." Astronomers have observed what may be the first known case of a massive star ...