The researchers confirmed that two enormous stars, each more than 20 times the mass of the sun, are growing inside ...

Webb first observed the region called Sagittarius C in 2023. Now researchers are now using those observations to study star formation in the wider area around the center of the Milky Way, known as the ...

An international research team led by Dr. Zhang Suinan from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of ...

In new images, scientists have gotten the closest look yet at Sagittarius C -- a 'stellar nursery' where clouds of gas and dust have collapsed to form thousands of new stars.

Fram2 crew was surprised to not see any evidence of human activity at the South Pole from 285 miles above. For the first time ...

The discovery of salty mineral evaporites on Ryugu indicates that watery environments may have been widespread in the early ...

Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...

Astronomers have discovered more than 300 exoplanetary systems that have three or more known planets. Most of these planets are about the same size and spaced close together, earning them the moniker ...

China’s 600,000 workers are transforming the Taklamakan Desert with a 3,050-km green belt, using solar power and resilient ...

Young, close-orbiting exoplanets known as sub-Neptunes may form farther from their stars and migrate inward or lose their ...

It's an idea that presents a potential solution for the enormous energy needs as we take tentative steps toward traveling beyond our solar system. If we, or any advanced civilizations that might ...

HR 8799 is about 30 million years old – extremely young compared to our solar system’s 4.6 billion years. Its planets still radiate heat from their formation, emitting strong infrared signals. These ...