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A riotous expanse of gas, dust, and stars stake out the dazzling territory of a duo of star clusters in…
Evolution of a "Blue Lurker" Star in a Triple System Panel 1: A triple star system containing three Sun-like stars.…

The name “blue lurker” might sound like a villainous character from a superhero movie. But it is a rare class…
Celestial Fireworks in Westerlund 2 The brilliant tapestry of young stars flaring to life resemble a glittering fireworks display in…

30 Doradus (the Tarantula Nebula) is a very bright and active star-forming region outside of the Milky Way galaxy, at…
Resembling an opulent diamond tapestry, this image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows a glittering star cluster that contains a…
Some of the Milky Way’s “celebrity stars” — opulent, attention-getting, and short-lived — can be found in this Hubble Space…
[Left] - A normal star in a binary system gravitationally pulls in matter from an aging companion star that has…