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

Pictures are the key to new insights in the field of astrophysics. Such images include simulations of cosmic events, which ...

There are several candidates for the biggest star in the universe. One of them, VY Canis Majoris, is over 1,500 times the ...

How do planets form? Our solar system holds clues Stars form when an accumulation of gas and dust collapses because of gravity.

We already knew that galaxies are collections of stars, planets, dust, gas, dark matter, and black holes: cosmic cities where stars form, live, die, and are recycled into the next generation.

New research suggests that primordial black holes could have played an important role in the formation of the universe's first stars, but did they help or hinder?

New research suggests that primordial black holes could have played an important role in the formation of the universe's first stars, but did they help or hinder?