Young Chaotic Star System Reveals Secrets of Planet Formation
New observations of young stellar object Elias 2-27 confirm gravitational instabilities and planet-forming disk mass as key to formation of giant planets. A team of…
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Earliest Gigantic Black Hole Storm Ever Discovered – Supermassive Black Hole a Telltale Sign About Very Early History of the Universe
Researchers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) discovered a titanic galactic wind driven by a supermassive black hole 13.1 billion years ago. This is…
Map of the Nearby Universe Created by Cosmic Cartographers Reveals the Diversity of Star-Forming Galaxies
Study reveals that the makeup and life cycle of star-forming clouds is dependent on location. A team of astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array…
Massive Stars Are Formed Not From Dust Disk but From Debris – “A Chaotic Mess”
A Dutch-led team of astronomers has discovered that high-mass stars are formed differently from their smaller siblings. Whereas small stars are often surrounded by an…
Spinning Disks, Oddball Stars, and Strange Planets Help Astronomers Test Theories About Planetary System Formation
How Are Solar Systems Born? Many of us remember those school-room models of our Solar System, with tiny wooden planets rotating at the ends of…
ALMA Peers Back 12.4 Billion Years and Discovers the Most Ancient Galaxy of Its Kind Ever Observed
Analyzing data obtained with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), researchers found a galaxy with a spiral morphology only 1.4 billion years after the Big…
Natural Cosmic Telescope Helps ALMA Discover Rotating Infant Galaxy
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers found a rotating baby galaxy 1/100th the size of the Milky Way at a time when the…
Astronomers Spot Stellar Eggs Near Center of the Milky Way Hatching Into Baby Stars
Astronomers found a number of stellar eggs containing baby stars around the center of the Milky Way using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). Previous…
Incredibly Powerful 900+ Mph Winds in Jupiter’s Atmosphere Measured for the First Time
Jovian jet streams above the cloud tops measured using the aftermath of comet collision. Working with a team led by French astronomers, Southwest Research Institute…
“Meteorological Beast in Our Solar System” – Powerful Stratospheric Winds Measured on Jupiter for the First Time
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), in which the European Southern Observatory (ESO) is a partner, a team of astronomers have directly measured winds…
Cosmic Cold Gas Pipelines Detected Feeding Early, Massive Galaxies
To come into being, galaxies need a steady diet of cold gases to undergo gravitational collapse. The larger the galaxy, the more cold gas it…
Growing up Stardust: Astronomers Discover That Stars and Planets May Be Siblings
An international team of scientists has discovered planet formation in a star system younger than 500,000 years old. The find, published in Nature, is a…
Shocking Discovery As Astronomers Peer 12 Billion Years Into the Past – “Defies Our Understanding of Galaxy Formation”
Scientists from Cardiff University peer 12 billion years into the past to reveal distant galaxy with an unexpected appearance. Scientists have challenged our current understanding…
Observations of Molecular Gas in a Tidal Dwarf Galaxy Sheds Light on How Stars Form
Detailed observations of molecular gas in a tidal dwarf galaxy have important implications for our understanding of how stars are formed. A lot is known…
Distant Colliding Galaxy Dying Out As It Loses the Ability to Form Stars – Ejecting 10,000 Suns-Worth of Gas a Year
Galaxies begin to “die” when they stop forming stars, but until now astronomers had never clearly glimpsed the start of this process in a far-away…
Purported Phosphine – An Indicator of Life – On Venus More Likely to Be Ordinary Sulfur Dioxide
In September, a team led by astronomers in the United Kingdom announced that they had detected the chemical phosphine in the thick clouds of Venus….
Fast-Moving Gas Flowing Away From Young Star Caused by Icy Comets Being Vaporized
A unique stage of planetary system evolution has been imaged by astronomers, showing fast-moving carbon monoxide gas flowing away from a star system over 400…
Astronomers Find Surprisingly Mature Galaxies in the Very Early Universe
Massive galaxies were already much more mature in the early universe than previously expected. This is the conclusion of an international team of astronomers who…