But observing galaxies is one thing. Observing the formation of individual stars more than 13 billion years ago is functionally impossible. Fortunately, supercomputer simulations can get us close.

New research used the cutting-edge GIZMO simulation code and data from the IllustrisTNG Project to replicate the conditions when the universe formed its first stars.

The outskirts of the Milky Way offer a unique laboratory to study molecular clouds and star formation under metal-poor conditions. Unlike the inner galaxy, including the solar neighborhood, the ...

The Tarantula nebula was recently captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, where the Scylla program helped create the colored image of this star-forming area.

One hypothesis was that the galaxies had bursts of star formation and then quiet periods, before starting again. Paz and her team looked for the galaxies that were in between bursts of star formation.

The very first stars in the universe may have been much smaller than scientists thought — potentially explaining why we can't find evidence of them today.

" Spectral energy distributions of type 2 quasi-stellar objects: obscured star formation at high redshifts." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 400 1199–1207.

Related studies include research on the process of stellar evolution and the early (star formation) and late (explosion or collapse to compact object) stages of a star’s life.

Astronomers have discovered a ghostly, million-light-year-long bridge of stars connecting two massive galaxies within the Abell 3667 cluster, 700 million light-years away. This glowing thread of ...