When a star is born, it doesn’t emerge in isolation. Instead, it forms inside a large, chaotic cloud of gas and dust. Around it, a flat disk of spinning material takes shape. This protoplanetary disk ...

Stars have long inspired curiosity among observers, but our understanding of their birth and the creation of planets around ...

Hello, Eos! Recently discovered molecular cloud is believed to be one of the largest structures in the sky and among the closest to Earth and the sun.

Two new research studies explore how a stellar nursery in the heart of the Milky Way is affected by the region’s strong ...