How does a star form from the cold, turbulent gloom of a molecular cloud? Three years have already passed since the James Webb Space Telescope has been revealing how, most recently by removing the ...

Astronomers discover a new strategy for detecting exoplanets: look for aligned binary stars that reveal hidden worlds more ...

Lynds 483 (L483) is a star-forming region 650 light-years away in Serpens. The James Webb Telescope captured glowing jets ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) recently spotted a rare cosmic phenomenon known as the "Cosmic Owl". This structure is ...

This emission is strongest under conditions which are intermediate between those in the interior of nebula and those in the ...

Five young stars found in Chamaeleon using ATCA radio observations One star, J11061540−7721567, may be a 40-year-period ...

A groundbreaking new survey from China’s LHAASO observatory has unveiled powerful ultrahigh-energy gamma-ray emissions across ...

Learn more about how the Vera C. Rubin Observatory will capture more of our stunning universe.

Most disks observed were about 30 astronomical units wide, roughly 30 times the Earth-Sun distance. The presence of intricate structures in such early systems implies a parallel evolution of infant ...

In a stellar nursery 460 light-years away, astronomers sharpened old ALMA data and spotted crisp rings and spirals swirling ...

In a groundbreaking new study, astronomers have observed the birth of baby planets in the Ophiuchus star-forming region, located just 460 light-years from Earth. This discovery, made possible by ...

The fast orbits of these regions and their extreme closeness to the energetic and chaotic Galactic Center negatively impacts the star formation process in these star-forming regions.