The Milky Way may not have a sharp edge, but scientists have now found where its star-forming activity largely comes to an ...

A computational model of the early-to-present-day Universe predicts that some of the first stars formed in structures that challenge conventional classification. Read the paper: The emergence of ...

A team of astrophysicists from Nanjing University and University of Bonn have demonstrated that, rather than being random, ...

Webb finds a massive planet, 29 Cygni b, orbiting a nearby star, offering new clues about how even the largest planets grow ...

Understanding the gas from which stars form is a fundamental goal in astrophysics. This is a pressing issue for pristine galaxies — those low in heavy elements, known as metals — whose growth remains ...

This image of the Sculptor galaxy will give astronomers detailed information on a variety of stars, nebulae and galactic regions. European Southern Observatory If you happen to find yourself in the ...