This was set by a process called "fragmentation" that sees large dense clouds of gas and dust, so-called "molecular clouds," break down and condense to form stars and brown dwarfs. Breaking space ...

Astrophysicists have long been intrigued by the possibility of dark stars-massive celestial objects fueled not by nuclear fusion but by the enigmatic energy of dark matter. Thanks to images taken by ...

Why it's so special: What are the smallest stars? A deep dive into the star-forming Flame Nebula by the James Webb Space Telescope has revealed free-floating, Jupiter-size objects that could help ...

Neutron stars are ancient remnants of stars that have reached the end of their evolutionary journey through space and time. These interesting objects are born from once-large stars that grew to ...

The answer depends in part on the size of the star, and even then, the outcome may differ based on several factors. Most stars form in a similar way. Clouds of dust and gas floating in space called ...

public sector and academia to support businesses looking to reach for the stars. “We’ve seen a lowering of the entry barriers to space,” says Luigi Scatteia, a partner at PwC France ...

as they lack the heat and size of stars. But the Webb telescope, which views faint infrared light (detected as heat), revealed these deep space objects. Three of the low mass objects in the Flame ...