How are stars named? And what happens when they die? These star facts explain the science of the night sky.

Back to Article List Astro for kids: How many stars are there in space? Scientists have a good estimate on the staggering number of stars in the universe.

All stars spend the majority of their lives as so-called main-sequence stars. Consequently the vast majority of stars—90% or so—are undergoing hydrogen-helium fusion at any given time. This is ...

These stars were formed out of the ashes of exploded stars that created those elements. As well as new stars, these elements went on to form planets – like our Earth.

One of the most fundamental questions in modern astrophysics is how galaxies first formed. The Milky Way, the galaxy we live in, is an amalgamation of about 100 billion stars, gas, dust and enigmatic ...

Hubble researchers shared an image of a cluster of stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud which can help us learn how stars were born when the universe was young.

While many people flock to warm destinations for spring break, two RIT experimental cosmologists spent theirs 6,800 feet high on snow-covered Kitt Peak at the Arizona Radio Observatory. They were ...