How a star is born—and what determines its fate—explained.

What was the universe like in the first few hundreds of millions of years after it came into existence? How did the first stars and galaxies form? Those are questions that astronomers now have a ...

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

Scientists have created a realistic and colorfully stunning simulation of what star formation looks like – a process that takes millions of years.

The strength of dark energy in our universe is not optimized for forming stars, which means other universes might have a greater likelihood of producing life.

Stars may be born much easier than previously thought, astrophysicists say. See how novel 'dust extinction maps' helped scientists cook up a new way to track star formation.

Scientists have discovered how the stars near the massive black hole at the center of the Milky Way could have formed.

An international team of astronomers, co-led by researchers at the University of Galway, has made the unexpected discovery of ...

Astronomers have discovered a giant Saturn-sized planet orbiting TOI-6894, the smallest star ever known to host such a world.