Astronomers have witnessed a rare “extremely stripped supernova” that exposed the inner silicon layers of a dying star, confirming theories of stellar fusion and offering new insight into how ...

At just 25, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin applied quantum physics to a treasure trove of astronomical observations to show that stars are mostly hydrogen and helium.

Chemistry in the first 50 million to 100 million years after the Big Bang may have been more active than we expected.

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 ...

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin discovered the composition of stars at the age of 25: hydrogen, helium, and traces of nearly all other elements. Her 1925 discovery was one of the earliest successful attempts ...

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin discovered the composition of stars at the age of 25: hydrogen, helium, and trace amounts of almost all other elements. Her discovery in 1925 was one of the earliest attempts ...

Normally when a medium-size star dies, it blasts away the bulk of material in its system. The Hubble discovery was surprising ...

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Scientists led by Tel Aviv University’s Tomer Shenar, with Hugues Sana of KU Leuven and Julia Bodensteiner of the University ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have detected what appears to be a faint and small star-forming ...