Hubble Spots ‘Superbubble’ in Large Magellanic Cloud
A new images from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveals LHA 120-N44, a striking nebula located roughly 160,000…
New Gaia data is challenging a 50-year-old assumption about how stars and galaxies form
Astronomers found that star clusters do not always form the same balance of small and large stars, challenging…
New study challenges existing knowledge for why galaxies stop forming stars
Most galaxy collisions do not cause galaxies to stop making new stars.A galaxy’s central black hole and its…
Astronomers Uncover Hidden Structures Surrounding Orion Nebula
Using the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) s and the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST),…
Radio observations reveal once hidden structures around the Orion Nebula
Orion is about as familiar as a patch of sky gets. Visible without a telescope, studied by nearly…
Organic molecules can survive violent supernova explosions – fueling star and planet formation
A supernova remnant is supposed to be a rough neighborhood for a newborn star. Shock waves rip through…
Nasa’s Hubble captures a spectacular red, white and blue stellar nursery where thousands of stars are being born |
A striking new image released by NASA offers a rare, close up look at one of the busiest…
JWST reveals why some distant galaxies suddenly stop forming stars
Distant galaxies that abruptly stopped making stars have puzzled astronomers for years. About 9 billion years ago, during…
Astronomers Find Four Separate Generations of Stars in ‘Globular Cluster’ Terzan 5
A globular cluster typically has only one ancient star population. New data from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space…
Astronomers Trace Elusive High-Energy Neutrino to Star-Forming Galaxy in Early Universe
JCMT0402-0424, a dusty starburst galaxy around 11 billion light-years away, is the strongest candidate yet for the source…
Astronomers detect first direct evidence of star-forming gas in early galaxies
The first galaxies were already busy by the time the universe was 700 to 800 million years old.…
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Spots a Hidden ‘Galaxy Killer’ Lurking in the Early Universe
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has revealed a cosmic catastrophe, as winds extinguished a star-forming galaxy in…