Hot stars with an unknown past promise new understandings also of the Sun

Blue-white B-star.
Astronomers Detect Gas Molecules in Comet from Another Star

The spectrum of interstellar comet 2I/Borisov obtained using ISIS spectrograph on the WHT on the 20th of September,...
Spitzer Spots a Starry Region Bursting With Bubbles

This cloud of gas and dust is full of bubbles, which are inflated by wind and radiation from massive young stars. Yellow...
Raising awareness of the effects of light pollution

A screenshot of the Light Pollution Simulator: the default screen.
Science Results - Oldest Galaxy Protocluster forms "Queen’s Court”

The most distant protocluster discovered by the Subaru Telescope. The blue shading shows the calculated extent of the protocluster, and...
Hubble Tracks a Galaxy on the Move

Hubble Tracks a Galaxy on the Move
Why the Sun Won't Become a Black Hole

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this view of a solar eruption on April 21, 2015.
NASA’s TESS Mission Spots Its 1st Star-shredding Black Hole

This illustration shows a tidal disruption, which occurs when a passing star gets too close to a black...