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 ...
The sun wanders the Milky Way alone; our star orbits the galaxy’s distant center without any stellar siblings. The solar ...
The study of stellar astrophysics and galactic structure investigates the life cycles of stars and the organisation of galaxies. At its core, the field explores how stellar evolution, from the ...
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 ...
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 ...