Harvard Astrophysicists Examine the Properties of Pre-Stellar Cores
A new infrared study from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics examined the cores of star-forming dust clouds in various stages of development, enabling astronomers to…
Star Formation
Hubble Views Turbulent Birthing Ground Orion B Molecular Cloud Complex
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope views a newborn star shooting twin jets out into space as a sort of birth announcement to the universe. Just in…
Detailed Images of the Hypergiant Star VY Canis Majoris
Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope, at team of astronomers has captured the most detailed images ever of the hypergiant star VY Canis Majoris. These new…
Astronomers Study the Star Formation Rates of Galaxies
In a newly published study, astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics counted up the new stars in RCW106 and five other local regions of…
ALMA Views the Episodic Outflow of Protostar CARMA-7
A new study led by Yale University reveals a cluster of young stars that develop in distinct, episodic spurts. It is the first time astronomers…
Astronomers Discover VFTS 352 – The Hottest and Most Massive Touching Double Star System to Date
A team of astronomers has discovered the hottest and most massive double star system to date where the two components are in contact and sharing…
Hubble Image of the Week: Starburst Galaxy Messier 94
This newly released Hubble images shows starburst galaxy Messier 94, which is roughly 16 million light-years away. This image shows the galaxy Messier 94, which…
ESO and Hubble Reveal Fast-Moving, Wave-Like Features in the Debris Disk Around AU Microscopii
Using Hubble data and new images from SPHERE, astronomers have identified sub-structures and tracked changes within the debris disk that surrounds AU Microscopii. As many…
New Phoenix Cluster Observations Provide A Fresh Perspective
Astronomers have discovered giant holes, or cavities, in the hot gas that pervades the Phoenix Cluster, revealing new details about this remarkable system. Galaxy clusters…
ESO Captures New Image of Messier 17
This newly released ESO image shows the rose-colored star forming region Messier 17. This new image of the star forming region Messier 17 was captured…
Astronomers Reach an Important Milestone in the Study of Cluster Mergers
Astronomers reach an important milestone in the study of cluster mergers, showing that member galaxies are still gas rich and thus can form stars and…
White Dwarf PG1149+057 Displays ‘Irregular Heartbeats’
Using Kepler data, a team of astronomers has observed a white dwarf star displaying massive arrhythmic outbursts, which broke the star’s regular pulse and significantly…
Evidence of Galaxy Star Birth Regulated by Black Holes
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have uncovered a unique process for how the universe’s largest elliptical galaxies continue making stars long after their peak…
Hubble Video Gives 3D Perspective of Gum 29 and Westerlund 2
This short video from NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope provides a three-dimensional perspective of nebula Gum 29 and the star cluster Westerlund 2. Celestial Fireworks: Star…
Astronomers View a Young Open Cluster of Stars
This newly released ESO image shows star cluster NGC 2367, an infant stellar grouping that lies at the center of an immense and ancient structure…
VLT Discovers the Brightest Distant Galaxy to Date and Signs of Population III Stars
Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope with help from the W. M. Keck Observatory, the Subaru Telescope and the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, a team of…
Astronomers Study the Interstellar Medium a Billion Years After the Big Bang
In a newly published study astronomers measured the emission from ionized carbon in seventeen young galaxies, revealing a good measure of the rate of star…
ESO Views Star Forming Cloud RCW 34
This newly released image from the European Southern Observatory shows the young star-forming region RCW 34. In the brightest region of this glowing nebula called…