One of the most captivating events in the universe is the birth of a star an event that transforms clouds of gas and dust into a brilliant celestial body. But how do we know when a new star is ...

This butterfly shaped nebula is the perfect target for the James Webb Space Telescope to learn more about star formation.

Astronomers have observed primordial material that may be giving birth to three planetary systems around a binary star in unprecedented detail. Bringing together three decades of study, an ...