The cradles of baby stars have a wheel-and-spoke like shape, with streams of gas converging toward a dense central hub. Using 3D simulations, researchers from Kyushu University and Nagoya University found that when an external shockwave strikes a gas cloud with a pinched magnetic field, it reorganizes the cloud into radial filaments. These findings open a new window into the environments where massive stars and star clusters are born.

The Sun's internal 'biorhythm' – which plays a critical role in the space weather we experience on Earth – has mysteriously changed over the past 40 years, a new study suggests.

Listening to tiny sound waves inside our star's 'heart' led researchers to discover that it may be entering "a different mode of behaviour". They now need to explore what this means.

The research, published today in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, is of particular significance to space weather.

University of Warwick astronomers have found a new way to estimate the masses of planets hidden inside the dusty disks surrounding young stars.

Tiny sound waves inside the Sun unmask evidence of systematic changes in the solar activity cycle over the last 40 years – with implications for predicting space weather.

Researchers have developed a novel virtual model for simulating how astronauts in future Moon base operations might interact with each other and with their environment, with preliminary simulations revealing potential opportunities to boost the chances of a successful mission. Raymond Vera and colleagues at George Mason University in Virginia, USA, present these findings in the open-access journal PLOS One on May 27, 2026.

A Duke University School of Medicine team found that β‑arrestin proteins, which regulate GPCR activity, can assemble into liquid-like clusters known as condensates both at baseline and near activated receptors. These droplet-like structures act as hubs that organize signaling molecules in space and time.

On 26 May 2026, a joint press conference was held in Santa Cruz de La Palma, Canary Islands (Spain) with representatives from the CTAO Central Organisation (CTAO ERIC), the CTAO LST Collaboration, the Cabildo de La Palma, and the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) to underscore the CTAO project’s advancement towards groundbreaking science and to announce the upcoming inauguration of the four Large-Sized Telescopes (LSTs) on 15 October 2026 at the CTAO-North site.