A study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics marks a significant milestone in our understanding of the formation and ...

Using the Gemini-South telescope, astronomers have performed high-resolution near-infrared spectroscopy of stars in a Galactic globular cluster known as Gran 5. They found that this cluster harbors ...

How do stars form and evolve inside globular clusters? This is what a recent study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics ...

New research offers groundbreaking insights into the formation and dynamical evolution of globular clusters, showing multiple formation events and distinct motions within these ancient star ...

Pismis 24 is a small open star cluster located in the core of the NGC 6357 emission nebula, which is about 8,000 light-years ...

Take some cosmic dust and gas, then add billions and billions of planets and a whole lot of stars to the mix. Spice it all up with a handful of gravity to hold things together, and you get a galaxy.

Every constellation has something within its borders worth tracking down, if you just look hard enough. Here are five to ...

The neutron star 4U 1820-30 is one of the fastest spinning bodies in the universe, spinning at 716 times a second and ...

A "dead star" neutron star has been spotted spinning 716 times a second, astonishing astronomers who say it is the joint ...

The universe is filled with countless galaxies, but some are much larger than others. Recently, NASA has captured stunning ...