New research, published today in Nature Astronomy, found that water may have formed in the first 200 million years of the ...

An international team of astronomers reports the detection of the first pulsar by the Globular Clusters GMRT Pulsar Search ...

Star clusters are formed when gravity pulls young stars together, forcing them to orbit each other. A star cluster can ...

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ABSTRACT: Despite its utility in identifying patterns in celestial objects, the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram is not supported in dim or small stars; it struggles to provide insights into certain ...

From supermassive black holes to vibrant star clusters and nebulae, check out these 7 mesmerizing cosmic images captured by ...

M55 is a globular cluster of stars in the constellation Sagittarius. This image was captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. NGC 1858 is a bright, large, irregular open cluster and emission nebula.

"By putting together the individual results, like in a puzzle, we reconstruct the formation history of these systems." ...

An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of a new dwarf galaxy, which they have named Pegasus VII. The ...

Chinese astronomers have identified a runaway star that was ejected from the M15 globular cluster, providing strong ...