Spiral Pattern Provides New Clues Into How High-Mass Stars Form
Recent observations have uncovered a spiral pattern in the material disk surrounding a young, high-mass protostar, suggesting the presence of gravitational instability within the disk….
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Earthly Applications of Cosmic Dust: Unveiling the Secrets of Interstellar Dust Grains
Gaining insight into the formation of dust grains in interstellar gas could provide astronomers with valuable knowledge and assist materials scientists in creating useful nanoparticles….
The Seven-Year Photobomb: Astronomers Discover Source of Distant Star’s Unusual Dimming
By their own admission, Anastasios “Andy” Tzanidakis and James Davenport are interested in unusual stars. The University of Washington astronomers were searching for “stars behaving…
New Research Shows That Something Strange Is Going On in the Butterfly Nebula
Planetary nebulae are formed when red giant stars reach the end of their helium fuel supply and eject their outer layers, becoming hot and dense…
James Webb Space Telescope Explores Star Formation in Distant Galaxies
Thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope’s first images of galaxy clusters, researchers have, for the very first time, been able to examine very compact…
Unlocking the Mystery of the Stellar Initial Mass Function: A New Breakthrough Discovery
The fate of galaxies is determined by the initial mass distribution at the birth of a new population of stars in the diverse and vast…
The Hunt for Cosmic Dawn: HERA Doubles Sensitivity to Unlock the Secrets of the Early Universe
The latest data from HERA improves the search for cosmic dawn radiation and tests theories of galaxy formation. An array of 350 radio telescopes located…
Study Provides Darkest-Ever View of Primordial Interstellar Ices
Researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope to examine primordial interstellar ices. An international team consisting of Southwest Research Institute, Leiden University, and NASA utilized…
Astronomers Discover New Clues Regarding Stellar ‘Glitching’
Recent findings indicate that a significant number of stars exhibit irregularities in their cores. Scientists have discovered a method to examine the internal workings of…
Harvard Astronomers Have Revealed the True Shape of the Milky Way’s Halo of Stars
A recent study has unveiled the true shape of the diffuse cloud of stars surrounding the disk of our galaxy, known as the stellar halo….
Webb Space Telescope Discovers Strange Cosmic “Fingerprint”
A new Webb image shows at least 17 dust rings created by a rare type of star and its companion locked in a celestial dance….
Confirming a Decades-Old Prediction: Astronomers Discover a “Cataclysmic” Pair of Stars
The stars have the shortest orbit yet, circling each other every 51 minutes, confirming a decades-old prediction. In our galaxy, nearly half of the stars…
Do Stars Remember Their Past? Study Sheds New Light on Old Theories of Stellar Evolution
A star’s “childhood” shapes their stellar evolution. From newborns to teenagers, stars in their “young years” pose a significant scientific challenge. It is extremely challenging…
Planetary Heist: Astronomers Discover That Stars Can Steal Planets
Researchers at the University of Sheffield have proposed a new origin for Jupiter-like planets orbiting massive stars three times the mass of our Sun. According…
“One of a Kind” Massive Triple Star System Detected
Compact, massive triple star system detected by University of Copenhagen researchers. Earlier this year, researchers revealed the discovery of an extraordinarily compact “one-of-a-kind” system of…
Astronomy & Astrophysics 101: Red Giant
What Is a Red Giant? A red giant forms after a star has run out of hydrogen fuel for nuclear fusion and has begun the…
Astronomers May Have Discovered the Youngest Planet Ever Detected in Our Galaxy
ALMA Makes First-Ever Detection of Gas in a Circumplanetary Disk Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to study planet formation have made the…
18 Million Miles per Hour: Star With the Shortest Orbital Period Around Black Hole Discovered
A newly discovered star only takes four years to travel around the black hole at the center of our Milky Way. Astronomers have discovered the…
