Astronomers may have found a rare "missing link" black hole in the Milky Way after spotting a group of improbably fast-moving stars at the heart of a nearby stellar cluster. If confirmed, the cosmic ...

The “Seven Sisters” of the Pleiades are part of a much larger complex that can help reveal our galaxy’s deep history ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An illustration of the star cluster R136 in the Large Magellanic Cloud ejecting runaway stars. | ...

Globular clusters, among the oldest bound stellar systems in the Universe, offer a unique laboratory for understanding stellar evolution and dynamics. Traditionally considered simple stellar ...

How could the Universe form such dense and extremely hot structures only 1.4 billion years after the Big Bang? This question ...

Could a decades-long debate about the mysterious movements of stars in Omega Centauri, the largest star cluster in the Milky Way, finally be resolved? Could a decades-long debate about the mysterious ...

Analysis of Hubble observations of the massive globular cluster NGC 2808 provides evidence that it has three generations of stars that formed early in the cluster’s life. This is a major upset for ...

Astronomers created a stunning new image showing celestial fireworks in star cluster G286.21+0.17. Most stars in the universe, including our Sun, were born in massive star clusters. These clusters are ...

The celestial object described is an open cluster, NGC 7789, possessing an apparent magnitude of 6.7 and located between 5th-magnitude Sigma Cassiopeiae and 6th-magnitude Rho Cas, known by several ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Using Europe's Gaia space telescope, astronomers have identified 55 runaway stars being ejected ...

Using the Gaia space telescope, astronomers have observed 55 massive stars ejected from their home star cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud at speeds equivalent to 80 times the speed of sound. When ...