The Very Large Telescope's SPHERE instrument captured unprecedented images of 51 dusty rings shaping young planetary systems.

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Stars form in massive clouds of gas called molecular clouds. As they form, they accrete gas from these clouds, and as the ...

Stargazers rejoice! Dec. 4 marks the start of the annual Geminid meteor shower, as Earth passes through the trail of debris ...

Researchers used the MIRI instrument onboard the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to identify the presence of ultraviolet ...

New multi-temperature coronal mass ejection observations might help us better understand how life emerged and evolved on Earth ...

For many years now, our magazine has held a wonderful public star party event in what could be termed the capital of astronomy in the United States, Tucson, Arizona. The public is welcome at this ...

The discovery of stars with their outer layers of hydrogen stripped by companions fills a glaring hole in our understanding of supernovas and binary systems with colliding neutron stars. When you ...

The article recounts the author's personal journey into astronomy, highlighting several influential beginner astronomy guidebooks from various eras, including "Stars: A Guide to the Constellations," ...

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Laura Nicole Driessen is a brand ambassador for the Rise & Shine Education Orbit Centre of Imagination. When you wish upon a star, Jiminy Cricket told us, your dreams come true. But according to an ...