A paper links dark stars to Webb telescope puzzles involving bright sources, dust-free galaxies, and early black holes.

When astronomers look deep into the early universe, the expectation is simple. You should see young galaxies still assembling ...

Stars and planets are inextricably linked. They form together and stars shape the fate of planets. Stars create the dusty ...

Scientists are using modern technology to peer heavenward. This is an Inside Science story. Since ancient times, people gazing up at the night sky have seen animals, gods and goddesses, and other ...

Astronomers have captured the clearest picture yet of how massive stars are born, revealing a dramatic interplay between gravity and magnetic fields in some of our galaxy's most dynamic star forming ...

Stars form in the universe from massive clouds of gas. European Southern Observatory, CC BY-SA For decades, astronomers have wondered what the very first stars in the universe were like. These stars ...

New research explains how dust links the formation, evolution, and fate of stars and planets, and why future telescopes are needed to observe these processes in detail ...

Webb telescope discovered a bizarre exoplanet with carbon atmosphere, no hydrogen, orbiting a super-dense spinning star.

Dark stars are not exactly stars, and they are certainly not dark. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. This article was originally ...

Astronomers have discovered a rare starless galaxy-like cloud known as a RELHIC, providing the strongest evidence yet for a cornerstone prediction of the Lambda CDM model: that many small dark matter ...