A new study has unveiled new insights into the effects of massive stars on nearby molecular gas and star formation in the W4 ...

A research team may have discovered a star with an exoplanet that is so fast that both will leave the Milky Way.

For the first time, astronomers have succeeded in observing the magnetic field around a young star where planets are thought ...

"With an orbital period of 570 days, it is a relatively cold gas giant planet," said Guðmundur Stefánsson of the University ...

"These two supernova remnants are helping us to better understand the dynamics of our home galaxy’s neighborhood," ...

Scientists have discovered that gravitational waves could turn neutron stars into cosmic tuning forks with characteristic ...

HH 30 is a luminous region surrounding a newborn star, or protostar. The James Webb Space Telescope helped reveals ...

Is Earth really exceptional?  A new book seems to reaffirm that notion.  But given the right conditions, primitive life may be a mere byproduct of biophysics.

As night falls on the Atacama desert in northern Chile four giant telescopes turn their gaze towards the star-strewn heavens.

New research shows that star activity can distort exoplanet measurements, affecting size, temperature, and atmosphere ...

The driest place on Earth is the best place to observe the universe, with darkness offering dazzling spectacles of cosmic ...

W.M. Keck Observatory imagery of star system HR 8799 have been time-lapsed. The system hosts four planets that are more massive than Jupiter. Video making & motion interpolation: Jason Wang (UC ...