A new image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows the Lupus 3 cloud in Scorpius bursting with young stars that are forming ...

"Until now, it was unknown what type of star would remain after the merger." ...

The Core And Filament Formation/Evolution In Natal Environments (CAFFEINE) survey is an "astronomer's best friend," according to the European Southern Observatory.

Amateur astronomy had gone through a revolution since I started stargazing in the 1950s. Back then, most amateurs used reedy telescopes like my 2.4-inch refractor. A 12-inch reflector was considered a ...

Star maps and charts are a mainstay of both amateur and professional sky observers. Whether it's on a simple seasonal map or in a comprehensive atlas, the stars listed appear steadfast and constant.

In a recent Hot Take segment, the China Global Television Network recently released an interesting video detailing China's future plans for space. Titled "Earth 2.0? China's plan to find new Earth," ...

Astronomers believe there are about 100 billion stars in the Milky Way. But, this number of stars depends on various factors. To figure out how many stars are in the Milky Way, astronomers have to ...

Astrophysicists have achieved an eye-opening leap in understanding stellar death, capturing unprecedented, detailed images of two exploding stars that demonstrate these blasts are far more complicated ...

An international team including Cornell researcher Jake Turner has developed a novel analysis method capable of uncovering ...

How do you find a galaxy that never formed? The standard cosmological model predicts the existence of “failed” galaxies — clumps of dark matter that captured gas but never birthed a star. Because they ...

A new survey led by Sebastián Carrazco-Gaxiola, an astronomy graduate student at Georgia State University, has identified a large number of stars around which Earth-like planets could orbit. Such ...