The Very Large Telescope's SPHERE instrument captured unprecedented images of 51 dusty rings shaping young planetary systems.

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Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have detected unexpected high-energy ultraviolet radiation around five ...

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The results indicate that the elements essential for life formed within extreme, highly energetic environments deep inside ...

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Nearly 4.5 million years ago, two enormous, blazing stars swung close to the solar system. They did not touch the sun, but ...

What can coronal mass ejections (CMEs) on other stars teach astronomers about stellar formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published in Nature hopes to address as an international team ...

These 80 space trivia questions are great to play with friends, challenge your family with or play by yourself. See how much ...

Neutron stars are ultra-dense star remnants made up primarily of nucleons (i.e., protons and neutrons). Over the course of ...

A "Christmas tree cluster" of stars is captivating astronomers and stargazers alike. NASA on Tuesday released a composite image of the star cluster, which they said "enhances the resemblance to a ...