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Star Formation

Massive Stars Planetary Systems Population III Stars Dark Matter Galactic Cannibalism Red Supergiants Young Star Systems Helium Hydride Ions Nebular Regions Carbon Stars Life Cycle of Stars Globular Clusters Material Recycling Metal-poor Stars Binary Interactions Debris Disks Protoplanetary Discs Early Solar System Star-Forming Regions Planetary Mass Objects First Stars Hydrogen and Helium Clouds Cosmic Noon Universe Expansion Element Distribution

Astronomers Find Most Pristine Star Yet From the Large Magellanic Cloud

The find offers a rare look at how the first stars seeded later generations.

Astronomers Publish Evidence of Planetary Collision Around Sun-Like Star

Webb NIRCam Reveals Helix Nebula’s Cometary Knots in Unprecedented Detail

Hubble Spots Second Debris Cloud at Fomalhaut, Confirming Repeated Planetesimal Collisions

130-Year Record Shows Planetary Nebula IC 418 Heating Faster Than Recent Models Predict

Supersonic Turbulence Shaped the First Stars, Simulations Show

HeH+ Ion’s Reactivity Endured at Cryogenic Temperatures, Reframing Early-Star Cooling