The Universe is home to celestial bodies of staggering dimensions. VY Canis Majoris is a striking example. This star, located about 6,000 light-years away, is a red hypergiant. Its diameter is nearly ...
The discovery of a superheated star factory that forms stars 180 times faster than our own Milky Way could help solve a ...
Astronomers using data from ESA's Euclid and Herschel space telescopes have confirmed that star formation has already peaked ...
The discovery indicates how galaxies could have grown quickly when the universe was very young, solving a long-standing ...
The James Webb Space Telescope may have discovered Population III stars, the universe's first generation of stars. They may ...
A giant star that is still being consumed by a supermassive black hole may have caused the largest flare of its kind ever seen, astronomers say.
An international team led by ICREA researcher Mark Gieles, from the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of ...
Astronomers spotted the largest flare ever released from a supermassive black hole as it snacked on a giant star.