Stellar color is primarily determined by the star's surface temperature; hotter stars emit more blue light, while cooler stars emit more red light, mirroring the behavior of a propane flame. Stars are ...

Nearly all stars are found inside or around galaxies, but there are ways for stars to escape into intergalactic space.

Some of the brightest and hottest stars in existence may be formed by the collision of two other stars, astronomers have found. The formation of these intensely bright stars, called blue supergiants, ...

The discovery of a superheated star factory that forms stars 180 times faster than our own Milky Way could help solve a long-standing puzzle about how galaxies grew so quickly in the early universe.

Galaxy Y1 shines thanks to dust grains heated by newly-formed stars (circled in this image from the James Webb telescope). Astronomers have uncovered a previously unknown, extreme kind of star factory ...

Astronomers have uncovered a distant galaxy forming stars 180x faster than the Milky Way, revealing how early galaxies grew rapidly in the young universe. (Nanowerk News) Astronomers have uncovered a ...