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…
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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…
Strangulation is the Primary Mechanism for Star Formation Shut Down
Using data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, astronomers from the University of Cambridge detail why certain galaxies can no longer produce stars. As murder…
The First Stars of the Universe Were as Bright as 100 Million Suns
A newly published study analyzes the time evolution of the luminosity of a cluster of Population III protostars formed in the early universe, revealing that…
New Observations Reveal How Star Formation Shuts Down in Elliptical Galaxies
New research reveals that three billion years after the Big Bang, massive elliptical galaxies still made stars on their outskirts, but no longer in their…
Magnetic Fields Influence Star Formation on a Variety of Scales
A newly published study from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics reveals that magnetic fields influence star formation on a variety of scales, from hundreds of…
Astronomers View an Outbursting Class 0 Protostar
Satellite and ground-based data has revealed an outburst from HOPS 383. This is the first outburst astronomers have ever seen from a Class 0 object,…
Young Star Cluster Displays Highly Efficient Star Formation
An international team discovers a remarkable star cluster where more than a million young stars are forming in a hot, dusty cloud of molecular gases….
Survey of Carina Nebula Reveals Details of Star Formation
A newly published study about the Carina Nebula is helping astronomers better understand the processes that may have contributed to the formation of the sun…
The Formation of a Quadruple Star System
Astronomers have discovered a nearby stellar nursery where quadruplets are being born. More than half of all stars are in multiple systems: binary stars, or…
CfA Astronomers Examine the Dynamics of Collapsing Cores and Star Formation
New research from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics measures the velocity distribution of the gas in a pre-stellar core, revealing the dynamics of collapsing cores…
Astronomers View the Formation of a Quadruple Star System
A newly published study details the discovery of a wide-separation quadruple system composed of a young protostar and three gravitationally bound dense gas condensations. Amherst,…
VLA Reveals Unexpected “Storm” in Teacup Galaxy
Astronomers used VLA data, combined with VIMOS IFU data and HST imaging to reveal that a supermassive black hole is explosively heating and blasting around…
A New Way to Detect the Early Stages of Massive Star Formation
Using data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, volunteers discovered a new way to detect the early stages of massive star formation. Sometimes it takes a…
Magnetic Fields in Dark Clouds Help Form Massive Stars
A new study shows for the first time that high magnetization sets the stage for the formation of massive stars with 8 solar masses or…
New Research Reveals the Role of Magnetic Fields in Star Formation
Using the Submillimeter Array to study the magnetic field in a massive star cluster, astronomers were able to determine the properties of the magnetic field…