"Until now, it was unknown what type of star would remain after the merger." ...

In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Emeritus Dave Eicher invites you to head out and view six of the 20 brightest ...

The Large Magellanic Cloud, or LMC, is a key spot for astronomers to study star formation.

In a recent Hot Take segment, the China Global Television Network recently released an interesting video detailing China's future plans for space. Titled "Earth 2.0? China's plan to find new Earth," ...

Astronomers have discovered a vast, dense cluster of massive galaxies just 1 billion years after the Big Bang, each forming ...

Known as dinosaur stars for both their primeval nature and their immense size, Population III stars existed only when the ...

The neural network approach uses multiple or “deep” layers that learn to identify increasingly complex features in data. The ...

The vast majority of stars form and reside within galaxies due to the presence of cold, dense molecular gas clouds conducive to star formation. True intergalactic space, characterized by low-density ...

Humans are captivated by the idea of finding life elsewhere in the universe – and even more by the idea that life, if found, might resemble the complex, animal life here on Earth. One of the easiest ...

The James Webb Space Telescope captured a colorful portrait of a nearby stellar cradle, revealing a wealth of insights about ...

For Astronomy magazine's 15th annual compilation of Star Products, we've once again explored the vast astronomical marketplace to handpick the finest, most innovative, and most practical gear for ...