But observing galaxies is one thing. Observing the formation of individual stars more than 13 billion years ago is functionally impossible. Fortunately, supercomputer simulations can get us close.

New research used the cutting-edge GIZMO simulation code and data from the IllustrisTNG Project to replicate the conditions when the universe formed its first stars.

Hubble reveals star formation secrets in galaxy NGC 2835 using H-alpha detection to map stellar nurseries with surgical ...

For decades, astronomers have wondered what the very first stars in the universe were like. These stars formed new chemical ...

This article details our understanding of star and planet formation within galaxies, recognising the dynamic nature of ...

Two of the objects in the arrangement are cold brown dwarfs, which will serve as a benchmark for others throughout the Milky ...

There are several candidates for the biggest star in the universe. One of them, VY Canis Majoris, is over 1,500 times the ...

The size of our universe and the bodies within it is incomprehensible to us lowly humans. The sun has a mass that is more than 330,000 times that of our Earth, and yet there are stars in the universe ...

Viewing with the aid of 10x50 binoculars will bring the light cast by a stellar cluster into sharper focus, or even allow you ...

Hubble has captured the faint beauty of NGC 45, a spiral galaxy in Cetus whose glowing pink star-forming clouds reveal hidden activity. It belongs to the rare class of low surface brightness ...

Long before stars lit up the sky, the universe was a hot, dense place where simple chemistry quietly set the stage for everything to come. Scientists have now recreated the first molecule ever to ...