What can white dwarf stars eating their own planets teach astronomers about planetary and solar system formation and ...

In a remarkable achievement for space exploration, China's Tianwen 1 Mars orbiter has successfully captured images of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS during its close pass by the Red Planet. This ...

This Collection features original research on the mechanisms driving star formation, the lifecycle of various stellar types, and the complex interactions between stars and their environments. The ...

This article lists the top 7 largest moons in our Solar System, detailing their size, the planet they orbit, and key ...

"The scope of subjects that make up this volume primarily originates from a topical workshop on "Young Star Systems" that took place in April 2016 as part of the Sant Cugat Forum on Astrophysics."- ...

A study published today in Astronomy & Astrophysics marks a significant milestone in our understanding of the formation and dynamical evolution of multiple stellar populations in globular clusters ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 119, No. 43 (October 25, 2022), pp. 1-2 (2 pages) M. Maurice, N. Tosi, S ...

When planetary rings are mentioned, the image of Saturn immediately comes to mind. However, this celestial feature is not ...

Meteorites are remnants of the building blocks that formed Earth and the other planets orbiting our Sun. Recent analysis of their isotopic makeup led by Carnegie’s Nicole Nie and published in Science ...

The cosmos never ceases to amaze, and the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is the latest celestial body to capture the attention of scientists and enthusiasts alike. As it made its closest approach to the ...

For the study, the researchers made several remarkable and new discoveries: the two M-type stars that comprise the binary system orbit very close to each other, along with two of the exoplanets ...