Massive stars, which have more than eight times the mass of the Sun, play a decisive role in the evolution of the universe. They profoundly alter the physical and chemical properties of the ...

Astronomers have made a groundbreaking advancement in the study of star formation by detecting protostar outflows in the outer regions of the Milky Way. This discovery was recently published in The ...

During this clumping together, gaps open up in the protoplanetary disk, which we see as rings around the star. The Atacama ...

S284p1 sits at the edge of the Milky Way about 15,000 light-years from Earth. As superheated gas falls onto the star, it gets ...

Observations of water in the disk forming around protostar V883 Ori have unlocked clues about the formation of comets and planetesimals in our own solar system. Scientists studying a nearby protostar ...

Astronomers have gained insights into star formation by capturing the first spatially resolved detection of protostellar ...

A distant protostar dubbed the V883 Orionis recently gave researchers significant information that water formation around its gaseous discs may help to form comets and planets before a star is born.

L1527, shown in this image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument), is a molecular cloud that harbors a protostar. It resides about 460 light-years from Earth in the ...

A stunning corner of the cosmos was recently revealed by the James Webb Space Telescope, and astronomers think the find will unveil more about the mysteries of both star and planet formation. Hiding ...

NASA’s powerful telescope imaged a seething jet of gases. The eruption flows from a massive protostar in space. It speeds at hundreds of thousands of miles per hour.

NASA's James Webb and Hubble telescopes have captured stunning images of a young star, IRAS 04302, revealing a butterfly-like structure. This protosta ...