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.

This image of the Sculptor galaxy will give astronomers detailed information on a variety of stars, nebulae and galactic regions. European Southern Observatory If you happen to find yourself in the ...

Astronomers are using radio pulses from space to find missing baryonic matter and learn about supermassive black holes, ...

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

New simulations suggest globular clusters form in multiple ways and point to a mysterious new type of star system that may ...

Pictures are the key to new insights in the field of astrophysics. Such images include simulations of cosmic events, which astrophysicists at UZH use to investigate how stars, planets and galaxies ...

Interstellar objects like 3I/ATLAS that have been captured in planet-forming disks around young stars could become the seeds of giant planets, bypassing a hurdle that theoretical models have ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. If you happen to find yourself in the Southern ...

(THE CONVERSATION) If you happen to find yourself in the Southern Hemisphere with binoculars and a good view of the night sky on a dark and clear summer night, you might just be able to spot the ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Rebecca McClain, The Ohio State University and Adam Leroy, The Ohio State University ...