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 ...

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 ...

A team of astronomers has found what may be the oldest known planetary nebula ever seen, and certainly one of the biggest. These structures are fleeting on a cosmic timescale, so finding one so old is ...

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 ...

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 ...

Images from the James Webb Space Telescope have helped researchers examine compact structures of star clusters inside galaxies for the first time. In a paper published in the journal Monthly Notices ...

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 ...

MUSE survey, an international team of astronomers has inspected a nuclear star cluster of the nearby large spiral galaxy ...

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 ...

This small cluster of stars packs quite a visual morsel. On Dec. 20, 2021, the team behind the Hubble Space Telescope published an image taken by the iconic observatory when it was looking towards the ...

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 ...