ALMA spots a nine-member stellar family in the act of formation

Massive stars much bigger than our sun always come in pairs or groups, not alone. But astronomers don't fully understand how these groupings form. In a new study, astronomers using ALMA have ...

England frustrated by Ghana in dour World Cup draw

England must wait to secure qualification for the World Cup knockout phase as they are held to a draw by Ghana at Boston ...

Webb pinpoints millions of stars within Cigar galaxy

Located 12 million light-years away and undergoing rapid star formation, edge-on spiral galaxy Messier 82 (M82) is a scientifically unique sight to behold, and now NASA's James Webb Space Telescope ...

This ball of stars named Terzan 5 may be one of the Milky Way's original building blocks

Terzan 5 is a globular cluster with some unusual properties that have led a team of astronomers to suspect that it is more ...

Webb Telescope captures 'sparkling' stars being born in new image

A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope is giving astronomers a striking look at young stars forming 1,280 ...