A possible signature of low-mass star formation has recently been found just two light-years from the black hole at the center of our galaxy — a region that was previously thought to be too hostile for such activity.
Have we made the first direct observation of the earliest stars formed in our universe? A collaboration using ESO’s Very Large Telescope believes so!
What were galaxies like in the first 500 million years of the universe? The earliest massive galaxies may have been mostly disk-shaped, rather than the compact clumps previously predicted.
New Horizons scientists predicted that Pluto may have subsurface activity — even before any data came back from the mission.
When a neutron star has a glancing encounter with a black hole, its spin has a significant effect on the outcome.
A debris disk just discovered around a nearby star is the closest thing yet seen to a young version of the Kuiper belt.
Two recently-discovered objects now hold the title of the densest galaxy and the densest free-floating stellar system ever observed.
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The exciting results of the highest-resolution test campaign yet attempted by ALMA are detailed in a recent set of four papers.
What happens at the very end of a massive star’s life, just before its core’s collapse? The 3D simulations in this paper reveal new clues.
A nearby solar flare triggered oscillations in the coronal loops in NOAA Active Region 1283.
Observations of asteroid 2005 UW163 reveal that it’s spinning faster than it should be able to without flying apart.