Besides being a point of light, a star is a luminous, spherical mass of plasma, enough to hold itself together under its own gravity. On its own, though, gravitational rounding isn't enough. What ...

Scientists are using modern technology to peer heavenward. This is an Inside Science story. Since ancient times, people gazing up at the night sky have seen animals, gods and goddesses, and other ...

Long ago, before galaxies formed into shapes we are familiar with today and before planets formed, the earliest stars ignited ...

A new space telescope with Irish scientific involvement goes into operation this week on a mission to study how stars behave ...

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Over the course of billions of years, the universe has steadily been evolving. Thanks to the expansion of the universe, we ...