A new study has unveiled new insights into the effects of massive stars on nearby molecular gas and star formation in the W4 super-large HII region.

Cosmic forensic experts are reconstructing the magnetic field around an infant star from the planet-forming disk of gas and dust around it.

In this episode, Dave Eicher invites you to go out and spot the many planets currently in our night sky. You'll see four of ...

"Temperamental" stars that brighten and dim over a matter of hours or days may be distorting our view of thousands of distant ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also applies to northern hemisphere mid-northern ...

For the first time, astronomers have succeeded in observing the magnetic field around a young star where planets are thought ...

Understanding the life stories of the stars has been one of the great tasks of astronomy during the last hundred years, and astronomers have made remarkable progress in tracking the progression of ...

Temperamental' stars that brighten and dim over a matter of hours or days may be distorting our view of thousands of distant planets, suggests a new study.

Venus and the brightest stars in the early evening sky. This year, I've spent most of the North American winter well below the equator in Chile and Argentina; first at an astronomy conference in ...