A new technique allows complex interactions in materials to be simulated using Monte Carlo simulations thousands of times ...

A Christmas Tree-shaped star cluster inside NGC 2264 reveals active star formation 2,700 light-years from Earth.

Nuclear star clusters (NSCs) are massive, dense and compact stellar systems found in all types of galaxies, from dwarfs to massive galaxies. With masses between 10,000 and 100 million solar masses and ...

Star clusters are of great importance in any galaxy: they are the birthplace of new stars, often containing massive stars of 10 solar masses or more. Such massive stars often drive powerful winds; the ...

Understanding how the Milky Way formed means looking far beyond the bright spiral you see in the night sky. A new study led ...

FLAMINGO simulation maps the universe but reveals a puzzling mismatch: galaxies cluster less than theory predicts.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Each month, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A handful of diamonds, a fuzzy cloud of light, a baby dipper ...

Day 4 of the 2025 Space Telescope Advent Calendar: Star Birth in the Lobster Nebula. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope recently imaged a region where the radiation and winds from a group of superhot ...

See a pair of superheavy neutron stars collide in this simulation with gravitational wave audio. "An audible tone and a visual frequency scale (at left) track the steady rise in the frequency of ...