A protostar discovered by astronomers has strange behavior
ⓘ NASA – Unsplash An illustration showing a star and a planet. Astronomers have discovered a young star…
Magnetic Fields Mapped in Star-Forming Molecular Clouds
Molecular clouds, which are dense areas of gas and dust, are the birthplace of stars. Gravity pulls on…
Webb Focuses on Spiraling Star Factory: NGC 5134
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have produced a spectacular infrared image of the spiral galaxy…
Glowing Nebula Turns Out to Be Stellar Cradle
The Vela Junior supernova, also known as RX J0852.0-4622 or G266.2-1.2, exploded a few thousand years ago, leaving…
Malin 1’s secret diet: Giant galaxy found quietly cannibalising smaller neighbours
Astronomers have uncovered hidden evidence that Malin 1, the largest known low-surface-brightness galaxy in the universe, is quietly…
Older than Milky Way: Scientists study signals older than 13 billion years — what they reveal
Imagine hearing a sound that began its journey before our galaxy even existed. That is what astronomers are…
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Has Spotted ‘Platypus Galaxies’ Astronomers Say They “Can’t Categorize, They Are So Odd”
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a bizarre population of “platypus galaxies” in the early universe, each…
CAFFEINE Provides New Insights into How Stars Form in Dense Gas
Astronomers have released the new results from the CAFFEINE survey, shedding new light on a long-standing mystery: what…
Space scientists’ cosmic calendar has 12 out-of-this-world wonders | Northwest & National News
This Hubble image captures incredible details in the dusty clouds in the outskirts of a star-forming region called…
New Hubble Image Brings Gigantic Star-Forming Cloud into Focus
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have released a beautiful new image of part of N159, a…
Scientists Discover That the Universe Is Getting Worse and Worse
Rest assured that as everything seems to be falling apart on Earth, it also appears that the rest…
Green Bank Telescope Maps Cool ‘Dark’ Gas in Cygnus X
Astronomers using the Green Bank Telescope (GBT) have created the large-scale maps of carbon monoxide (CO)-dark molecular gas…