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ESA Releases Gaia-Based 3D Map of Local Milky Way Star-Forming Regions

Researchers used starlight dimming to reconstruct nearby star-forming clouds in three dimensions.

Webb Reveals 8-Light-Year Protostellar Jet, Bolstering Massive-Star Formation Theory

Day-Long, Repeating Gamma-Ray Burst From Distant Galaxy Challenges Standard Models

Webb Reveals Pismis 24’s Turbulent Stellar Nursery in Striking NIRCam Image

Astronomers Directly Image Newborn Planet in Multi-Ringed Disk in First Clear Case

VLT Directly Images Infant Gas Giant ‘WISPIT 2b’ Inside Planet‑Building Disk

StarryStarryProcess Maps Star Spots From TESS and Kepler to Clarify Exoplanet Signals

Spacecraft Observations Sought as Loeb Raises Nuclear-Powered Theory for Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS

ALMA Finds Giant Gas Streamers Feeding a Massive Young Star

Astronomers Confirm Rare Quadruple System Pairing Two Red Dwarfs With Two T-Type Brown Dwarfs

Hubble’s New H-Alpha Views Reveal Star Birth in Nearby Spirals NGC 2835 and NGC 45

Supersonic Turbulence Shaped the First Stars, Simulations Show

Rare Jet-Driven Bubble Warps Protoplanetary Disk in WSB 52

ALMA Detects 17 Complex Organic Molecules in V883 Orionis Protoplanetary Disk

Telescopes Witness Key Stages of Planet Formation in Three Young Star Systems

Astronomers Capture Infant Planet Sculpting Spiral in HD 135344B’s Disk

Mineral Condensation Captured in Planet-Forming Disk of Protostar HOPS-315

Astronomers Observe First Solid Condensation of Rocky Planet Precursors Around Distant Star

First Solids of Planet Formation Observed Around Young Star HOPS-315

Combined ALMA and Gaia Data Reveal Hidden Gas Giant in MP Mus’s Protoplanetary Disk