A closer look at the planets around a star called LHS 1903 may just flip our understanding of how planetary systems form.
Stars form in the universe from massive clouds of gas. European Southern Observatory, CC BY-SA For decades, astronomers have wondered what the very first stars in the universe were like. These stars ...
Learn how supermassive black holes may be suppressing star formation in nearby galaxies.
The discovery made by a large research team challenges the existing models of the universe.
Astronomers have identified a rare type of binary star system containing a rapidly spinning millisecond pulsar and a helium star companion, formed via common envelope evolution. Although such systems ...
For decades, astronomers have wondered what the very first stars in the universe were like. These stars formed new chemical elements, which enriched the universe and allowed the next generations of ...