Hubble Space Telescope Reveals Monster Stars in Star Cluster R136
Using the unique ultraviolet capabilities of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers has identified nine monster stars with masses over 100 times…
Star Formation News
The Realm of Buried Giants – Star Formation Region RCW 106
This new ESO VLT Survey Telescope image shows the vast nebula where giant stars were born, known as RCW 106. The brightest part appears just…
Astronomers Observe Star Formation in the Outskirts of Galaxies
A newly published study from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics finds that the star formation processes in the outer spiral regions of the galaxy NGC…
Hubble Reveals Globular Clusters Gain Star-Making Fuel from Outside the Cluster Itself
Using Hubble data, a team of astronomers has for the first time found young populations of stars within globular clusters that have apparently developed courtesy…
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…
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, a 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 image shows the starburst galaxy Messier 94, which is roughly 16 million light-years away. This image shows the galaxy Messier 94,…
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. Like 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…
New Image of Rose-Colored Star Forming Region 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 by the…
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 stimulate…
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…