Stars

Exoplanets, Planets, Stars

New planet-hunting camera produces best-ever image of an alien planet

Milky Way, Stars

Hidden nurseries in the Milky Way

Stars, The Sun

Astronomers find Sun’s “long-lost brother,” pave way for family reunion

Galaxies, Stars

A turbulent birth for stars in merging galaxies

Deep-Sky Objects, Milky Way, Stars

Globular clusters rotate at heart

Deep-Sky Objects, Robotic Spaceflight, Stars

Chandra X-ray Observatory delivers new insight into formation of star clusters

Exotic Objects, Stars

Nearest bright “hypervelocity star” found

Cosmology, Galaxies, Stars

Nearby galaxy is a “fossil” from the early universe

Deep-Sky Objects, Stars

Entire star cluster thrown out of its galaxy

Stars

Civil War star

Robotic Spaceflight, Stars

The Spitzer and WISE telescopes find close cold neighbor of Sun

Stars

“Upside-down planet” reveals new method for studying binary star systems