But observing galaxies is one thing. Observing the formation of individual stars more than 13 billion years ago is functionally impossible. Fortunately, supercomputer simulations can get us close.

A.I. technologists are approaching the job market as if they were Steph Curry or LeBron James, seeking advice from their entourages and playing hardball with the highest bidders.

Hubble reveals star formation secrets in galaxy NGC 2835 using H-alpha detection to map stellar nurseries with surgical ...

For decades, astronomers have wondered what the very first stars in the universe were like. These stars formed new chemical ...

A recent study led by Dilda Berdikhan, a Ph.D. student from the Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory (XAO) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has uncovered compelling evidence that a cloud–cloud ...

This article details our understanding of star and planet formation within galaxies, recognising the dynamic nature of ...

Two of the objects in the arrangement are cold brown dwarfs, which will serve as a benchmark for others throughout the Milky ...

New research suggests that primordial black holes could have played an important role in the formation of the universe's first stars, but did they help or hinder?

Astronomers using ALMA have discovered complex organic molecules, including potential precursors to life's building blocks, in the protoplanetary disc of a young star, V883 Orionis. This finding ...