Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have witnessed an infant star 20 times larger than the sun setting interstellar ...

The James Webb Space Telescope captured a colorful portrait of a nearby stellar cradle, revealing a wealth of insights about ...

If dark stars existed, they would have been capable of forming in the universe before ordinary stars could have formed. When ...

Stargazing can stimulate an interest in space in kids and lead to a passion for science. But rural schools often lack the ...

Gas and dust flowing from stars can, under the right conditions, clash with a star's surroundings and create a shock wave.

Scientists observing the red giant star R Doradus have found that starlight isn’t strong enough to drive its stellar winds, ...

A new study reveals a rare-breaking white dwarf star, dubbed RXJ0528+2838, that is somehow generating a rainbow-like "bow ...

Exactly 85 years ago this weekend, astronomer Annie Cannon gave a radio talk titled “The Story of Starlight.” She was 78 ...

Deep-sky objects shine and the giant planets show off their satellites as the bright light from the Moon disappears from our ...

A huge bar of iron has been discovered lurking inside the iconic Ring Nebula. The structure is enormous, spanning hundreds of ...

On Jan. 11, 2026, I watched anxiously at the tightly controlled Vandenberg Space Force Base in California as an awe-inspiring ...

New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed unexpected features in the early universe, including ...