In classical models of stellar evolution, so far little importance has been attached to the early evolution of stars. Thomas Steindl from the Department of Astro- and Particle Physics at the ...

According to new observations of star motion, interactions with the Large Magellanic Cloud are causing the Small Magellanic ...

98.5% of the Sun is made up of two light chemical elements, hydrogen and helium, while the remaining 1.5% consists of other heavier elements such as carbon, oxygen, and iron. The abundance of these ...

Research using the world’s most energetic laser has shed light on the properties of highly compressed matter – essential to understanding the structure of giant planets and stars, and to develop ...

RECENTLY, I was giving a tour of the University of New Hampshire’s department of physics and astronomy to a guest who isn’t a scientist. Among the many questions he asked was: “How does this stuff ...

Research using the world's most energetic laser has shed light on the properties of highly compressed matter -- essential to understanding the structure of giant planets and stars, and to develop ...

Distribution of very dense groups of stars in the Milky Way, called globular clusters, superimposed on a map of the Milky Way compiled from data obtained with the Gaia Space Observatory. Each dot ...

Experiments shed light on pressure-driven ionization in giant planets and stars CREDIT Greg Stewart/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Inset by Jan Vorberger/Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf ...