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James Webb telescope spots 'monster stars' leaking nitrogen in the early universe — and they could help solve a major mystery

Researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope spotted huge stars leaking nitrogen in an early galaxy, hinting that such ...
Scientific American

Here’s How to Get High-Resolution Views of Other Stars

A technique called interferometry can greatly magnify tiny objects on the sky, and is powerful enough to reveal the surfaces ...

Close brush with two hot stars millions of years ago left a mark just beyond our solar system

Nearly 4.5 million years ago, two large, hot stars brushed tantalizingly close to Earth's sun. They left behind a trace in ...
National Hockey League

Boldy helps Wild end Stars' 11-game point streak

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Matt Boldy had a goal and two assists, and the Minnesota Wild ended the Dallas Stars’ 11-game point streak ...

These two galaxies are tying the knot and producing stars

Galaxies like our Milky Way grew through cascading mergers of smaller galaxies that began billions of years ago. The ancient ...
Space.com

The first stars may not have been as uniformly massive as astronomers thought

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. For decades, astronomers have wondered what the very ...