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The comet, named 3I/ATLAS, is only the third confirmed interstellar object ever seen in our solar system. That means it came ...

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Astronomers use simulations to discover how globular clusters form and reveal a new type of star system near the Milky Way.

Gold, uranium, and other heavy elements on Earth did not form here. They were born in the violent deaths of massive stars and the collisions of neutron stars, traveling across the galaxy before ...

Why Sagittarius B2 produces so many stars in comparison to the rest of the galactic center has remained an enduring mystery ...

At just 25, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin applied quantum physics to a treasure trove of astronomical observations to show that stars are mostly hydrogen and helium.

Webb's Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), which shows thermal light, collected observations of the planet that allowed the team ...

A surprising new study reveals that the first stars appeared in a pre-heated universe, challenging earlier ideas about early cosmic conditions.

A massive star on the distant outskirts of our Milky Way galaxy is seen blowing a powerful cosmic blowtorch in a new image courtesy of James Webb Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared Camera.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has delivered new images of Sagittarius B2, the largest star-forming cloud near the Milky ...