Starburst Galaxies Contain Much Higher Proportions of Massive Stars
Astronomers using ALMA and the VLT have discovered that both starburst galaxies in the early Universe and a star-forming region in a nearby galaxy contain…
Starbursts News
Chemical Traces From Intense Starbursts Shed Light on Cosmic History
Fresh insight into how stars are formed is challenging scientists’ understanding of the Universe. A study of intense starbursts – events in distant galaxies in…
Hubble Image of the Week – Starbursts in Virgo (NGC 4536)
This new Hubble image of the week gives us a closer look at the starburst region in NGC 4536. Galaxy formation and evolution are still…
Hubble Image of the Week – Starburst Galaxy MCG+07-33-027
This newly released Hubble image shows starburst galaxy MCG+07-33-027, which is located 300 million light-years away. This image was taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space…
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,…
Hubble Views Dwarf Galaxy NGC 1140
This newly released Hubble image shows dwarf galaxy NGC 1140, which is located 60 million light-years away. This dramatic image shows the NASA/ESA Hubble Space…
Hubble Views Blue Compact Dwarf Galaxy SBS 1415+437
This newly released Hubble image shows blue compact dwarf galaxy SBS 1415+437. The bright streak of glowing gas and stars in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space…
Hubble Reveals the Role of Dwarf Galaxies in the Star Formation History of the Universe
Using data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers take a significant step forward in understanding how dwarf galaxies contributed to the star population in our…
Astrophysicists Reveal Why Surges of Star Formation Take Place When Galaxies Collide
Astrophysicists used computer simulations of a typical galaxy merger to show that collisions change the nature of the turbulence in the galactic gas of galaxies,…
SMA Reveals the Hidden Features of Star Cluster W49A
Researchers used the Submillimeter Array at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics to view star cluster W49A, revealing an intricate network of filaments feeding star-building material…
ALMA Reveals the Mystery of Missing Massive Galaxies
Using data from the ALMA telescope, astronomers shed new light on galaxy formation, finding evidence that some growing galaxies spew out more gas than they…
NGC 6334 Experiencing a “Mini-Starburst”
New research presented at this year’s meeting of the American Astronomical Society suggests that NGC 6334 is forming stars at a more rapid pace than…
Herschel Discovers the Earliest Known Starburst Galaxy
Using data from the Herschel Space Observatory, researchers report finding the earliest known galaxy undergoing a massive burst of star formation, existing at least as…
Evidence That Local Starbursts Impact the Bulk of the Gas Around Their Host Galaxy
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers observed 20 nearby galaxies, some of which were known to be undergoing a starburst, finding that the winds accompanying…
Herschel and Keck Reveal Previously Unseen Starburst Galaxies
Using ESA’s infrared Herschel space observatory and spectrometers on the twin 10-meter W.M. Keck telescopes on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, astronomers characterized 767 previously unseen starburst…
Large Globular Star Clusters Survive Collisions, Smaller Clusters Do Not
Using computer simulations, a team of astronomers found that when galaxies collide and form starbursts, the total number of star clusters decreases. Their research shows…
