Researchers from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have revealed for the first ...

Scientists from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory have uncovered the process of gas accretion in star formation, shedding light on how gas flows towards a forming star's disk.

A collaborative team has revealed new observational evidence that sheds light on the mystery of massive star formation. Researchers from Yunnan University, the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory of the ...

Scientists are using modern technology to peer heavenward. This is an Inside Science story. Since ancient times, people gazing up at the night sky have seen animals, gods and goddesses, and other ...

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 ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An illustration of primordial black holes gathering matter to form the first generation of stars.

Webb telescope captures a young giant star firing off an 8-light-year gas jet, and revealing how massive stars form.

Astronomers have witnessed a rare “extremely stripped supernova” that exposed the inner silicon layers of a dying star, confirming theories of stellar fusion and offering new insight into how ...

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will help scientists better understand our Milky Way galaxy's less sparkly ...

Astronomers have used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to reveal that the warped ring around Fomalhaut star may have been shaped by ancient planets.

Normally when a medium-size star dies, it blasts away the bulk of material in its system. The Hubble discovery was surprising ...