Sagittarius C, a turbulent region near the Milky Way’s center, is glowing with hot plasma and threaded by magnetic fields, ...

"Ophion is filled with stars that are set to rush out across the galaxy in a totally haphazard, uncoordinated way, which is ...

This time, the focus is on the remains of a star that exploded in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a satellite galaxy of the ...

Stars in the Milky Way tend to form in families, with similar stars springing to life in roughly the same place at roughly ...

Researchers suggest powerful bursts from magnetars—collapsed stars with strong magnetic fields—may have contributed up to 10 ...

A remarkable new study using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered shocking details about a star-forming region ...

Spoiler warning: Below there will be information about today's New York Times Strands puzzle.

Evidence from old NASA and ESA data suggests magnetar flares may have created heavy elements in the early universe.

Astronomers may have found the long-missing half of the universe's regular matter—and it appears to have been right under our noses all this time. Models of how the universe has evolved since the Big ...

“It’s a fun puzzle that hasn’t actually been solved ... for up to 10 percent of all elements heavier than iron in our galaxy: giant flares launched by magnetars. Magnetars are neutron ...

Astronomers believe starquakes on highly magnetic neutron stars could lead to the creation of heavy elements such as gold, ...