Hubble captures three infant stars lighting up a blue nebula, with a secret protostar forming in a shadowed disc below.

A supernova explosion occurred on July 4, 1054, resulting from the death of a star estimated to be nine to eleven times the ...

This spectacular star-forming region is one of the first images from the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile.

Stellar evolution refers to the life-cycle of a star, typically including the evolutionary phases from protostar until stellar death (as a supernova, black hole, neutron star, white dwarf, etc.).

While Chamaeleon I is actively forming stars, its neighbors—Chamaeleon II and III—show little or no star-forming activity. In the center of the image is a bright spot called Cederblad 111. This is a ...