A new study has unveiled new insights into the effects of massive stars on nearby molecular gas and star formation in the W4 ...

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"Temperamental" stars that brighten and dim over a matter of hours or days may be distorting our view of thousands of distant ...

A planet that may support alien life has been discovered less than 20 light-years from Earth. The "promising" super-Earth - ...

Temperamental' stars that brighten and dim over a matter of hours or days may be distorting our view of thousands of distant planets, suggests a new study.

The results provide details of the process where enormous amounts of energy from stellar winds and radiation ... this work is published in the Astronomy & Astrophysics journal.

The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted one of the earliest and most distant supernovas, marking the death of a stellar monster 20 times the mass of the sun. Supernovas in the early universe ...

Ejnar Hertzsprung, of Leyden Observatory, for his determination of the distance of the Magellanic Clouds and other pioneering work in stellar astronomy. Prof. Hertzsprang's work is characterised ...

Dumusque, of the Department of Astronomy at UNIGE ... Dumusque said: "This zone depends on several factors, mainly the stellar properties. "For stars such as the Sun or HD 20794, it can extend ...