CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The death of a massive nearby star billions of years ago offers evidence the sun was born in a star cluster, say astronomers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Rather ...

Stars are thought to form within enormous filaments of molecular gas. Regions where one or more of these filaments meet, known as hubs, are where massive stars form. These massive stars, located ...

Radioactive isotopes in meteorites suggest that a supernova erupted in the vicinity of the solar system as it was forming. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Several months ago, a suspected supernova was discovered that had scientists scratching their heads. If confirmed as a supernova, ASASSN-15lh would be twice as luminous and 10 times brighter than the ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The death of a massive nearby star billions of years ago offers evidence the sun was born in a star cluster, say astronomers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.