3D simulations reveal how shockwaves from stellar explosions and winds may carve hub-and-spoke structures in molecular clouds ...

Astronomers have finally cracked the mystery behind a strange class of repeating cosmic signals that has baffled scientists ...

Astronomers have discovered the first evidence that tiny red dwarf stars can devour their own planets.

For nearly a decade, some of the most dramatic explosions in the universe have been hiding in plain sight as brief, bright flashes of blue light. New observations now suggest these outbursts are not ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, a team of international researchers have discovered chemical fingerprints of gigantic primordial stars that were among the first to form after the Big Bang.

Using the Australian Square Kilometer Array Pathfinder (ASKAP), an international team of astronomers has discovered a spectacular bipolar outflow from the disk of a nearby galaxy known as ESO 130-G012 ...

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Creating a neutron star Before you can get this ideal cosmic laboratory, a star first has to die. The end of a star’s life depends largely on its mass. Unremarkable stars like the Sun go out with a ...