This Collection features original research on the mechanisms driving star formation, the lifecycle of various stellar types, and the complex interactions between stars and their environments. The ...

What can young planets in a far away star system teach astronomers about planetary formation and evolution? This is what a ...

As the number of exoplanet detections has breached 6,000 and continues to grow, scientists are finding a wide variety of ...

For the first time, the full biographical arc of a galaxy beyond our own has been reconstructed — not from light curves or morphological snapshots, but from the chemical ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of astronomers has observed a nearby spiral galaxy known ...

Supported by NASA Universe of Learning STEM Literacy Network. Teams will demonstrate an understanding of Star and Galaxy Formation and Evolution. yt_xawyU_NCbEU ...

The combination of theoretical models and empirical data provides a new perspective for understanding the complex interactions between young stars and their environments. A study led by Paolo Padoan, ...

These three galaxy images from the AEGIS survey show a range of galaxy types: a disk-like spiral galaxy (top), a cloud-like elliptical galaxy (middle), and an irregular galaxy resulting from a ...

Merging black holes and neutron stars have unusual oval orbits prior to colliding and merging, which challenge the laws of ...

The oxygen in a galaxy does not sit still. It spreads, thins out, piles up, and leaves behind a record of where stars formed, ...

Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery that could potentially reshape our understanding of the universe’s formative years. They have uncovered a hidden superheated star factory in the early ...