Astronomers have discovered what they believe is the biggest known batch of planet-making ingredients swirling around a young star. The diameter of this colossal disk is roughly 3,300 times the ...

A nearby star system is helping astronomers unravel ... and the comets also created from those same clouds swirling around newborn stars. "V883 Orionis is the missing link in this case," said ...

The Sun is set to morph into an evolved giant star in around five billion years, and when that happens, a theory 2 predicts that only a few convective elements will be left in its photosphere.