Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a planet-forming disk that almost entirely lacks water, ...

Astronomers have recently unlocked groundbreaking insights into star formation in some of the galaxy's most isolated regions, thanks to the powerful Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) ...

Star formation is central to many phenomena in astrophysics, from galactic evolution to the formation of planets. So a lot depends on the fate of the two competing theories that seek to explain it ...

In order for a rare, massive star to form inside an interstellar cloud of gas and dust, small “helper” stars about the size of the Sun must first set the stage, according to a new theory ...

But so-called bursty star formation occurs when stars form in an alternating pattern — many stars at once, followed by millions of years of very few new stars and then many stars again.

Massive stars in the Lobster Nebula carve dramatic shapes into cosmic dust while thousands of glittering young stars emerge ...

Using radio and infrared telescopes, astronomers have obtained a first tantalizing look at a crucial early stage in star formation. The new observations promise to help scientists understand the ...

But so-called bursty star formation occurs when stars form in an alternating pattern — many stars at once, followed by millions of years of very few new stars and then many stars again.

The majority of stars in the Universe formed only in the first 1-to-3 billion years, and the star-formation rate has plummeted ever since. Here's the cosmic story behind it.

Back to Article List Finding the “recipe for star formation” Using a novel technique to reconstruct a cloud’s 3-D structure, astronomers can estimate how many new stars it is likely to form.