"Until now, it was unknown what type of star would remain after the merger." ...

The Large Magellanic Cloud, or LMC, is a key spot for astronomers to study star formation.

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What we're seeing in the nebula is, in a sense, a moment of death that lays the groundwork for a new birth. The dying star ...

While this eerie NASA Hubble Space Telescope image may look ghostly, it's actually full of new life. Lupus 3 is a ...

The James Webb Space Telescope captured a colorful portrait of a nearby stellar cradle, revealing a wealth of insights about ...

One of the most stubborn issues in cosmology today concerns the universe's rate of expansion. Scientists know it's expanding, ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured a trio of young stars in the process of becoming their best selves in the ...

The Hubble Space Telescope captures imagery of globular cluster NGC 6325. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: ESA/Hubble & ...

In the most extensive ultraviolet study of blue stragglers ever performed, an international research team used NASA's and ESA ...

The 21st century is featuring a second space age that is increasingly private.