NGC 6355 has been imaged using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The globular cluster of stars lies 50,000 light-years away.

An international team of astronomers has solved one of the longstanding cosmic mysteries by uncovering direct evidence of a ...

To celebrate Hubble's 35th anniversary, ESA/Hubble released a breathtaking new image of the star-forming region NGC 346 in the Small Magellanic Cloud. This cosmic nursery, packed with thousands of ...

With its origins tracing back to the 1970s, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched aboard the space shuttle Discovery on ...

“When we study stars in a cluster, we can see their whole sequence of individual evolution,” Dr Reyes said. M67 was an ideal focus for the team’s research due to the stars’ shared chemical makeup and ...

Living in a globular cluster would mean a sky filled with countless stars; what other unique conditions might exist? Comedians react to Trump’s nickname for countries US has biggest trade ...

Credit: ESA / NASA / A. Nota / P. Massey / E. Sabbi / C. Murray / M. Zamani A new snapshot of a busy star cluster from the Hubble Space Telescope proves the legendary observatory's still got it ...

The James Webb Space Telescope peers at Sagittarius C, a star-forming region about 200 light-years from the Milky Way's central black hole. Credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI / S. Crowe "A big ...

What scientists can do, however, is study star clusters, which are groups of stars that formed together and share the same age and composition. "Because more massive stars evolve faster than less ...

By studying the frequencies of each star in a group called a cluster, we can tune into the cluster's unique "song." Our study challenges previous assumptions about resonant frequencies in giant ...