Astronomers Observe a Possible Planet-Forming Disk around the Young Star RY Tau
Astronomers used the Subaru Telescope to observe a disk around the young star RY Tau, finding that a “fluffy” layer above the disk appears to…
Astronomers used the Subaru Telescope to observe a disk around the young star RY Tau, finding that a “fluffy” layer above the disk appears to…
A new theory from researchers at UC Berkeley explains how “zombie vortices” help lead to the birth of a new star. Reporting in the journal…
In this newly released image Hubble views a young star being born in the gas, dust, and ices of the dark cloud LDN 43. Don’t…
According to data from NASA-supported observatories, the sun’s vast magnetic field is about to flip. Watch this new four minute ScienceCast video to learn more…
A recently published study details new theoretical models that reveal how an outburst event in the Sun’s early years could help in the hunt for…
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…
Using the Hubble Space Telescope to track the orbital motion of over 30,000 stars in globular cluster 47 Tucanae, astronomers have revealed a link between…
New research presented at the 10th Edoardo Amaldi Conference on Gravitational Waves suggests that stellar collisions between massive stars with masses between 200 and 300…
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, astronomers observed the birth of a massive star within a dark cloud core, revealing in superb detail the filamentary…
Using the Australia Telescope Compact Array, two new studies detail the discovery of raw materials used in the making of stars. A CSIRO radio telescope…
By studying TW Hydrae, researchers are getting a glimpse of what happened to our Sun some four and a half billion years ago. Indianapolis, IN…
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…
Researchers used ESO’s Very Large Telescope to carefully study the light coming from stars in the globular star cluster NGC 6752, finding that all of…
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…
Using Hubble, WISE and the IRAM Plateau de Bure interferometer in the French Alps, astronomers viewed efficient star-making galaxy SDSSJ1506+54, seeing a rare phase of…
Using the Subaru Telescope, the CFHT and NASA’s GALEX, astronomers reveal unprecedented views of the star formation process of a Blue Supergiant star located in…
Using ALMA, scientists have detected signs of star formation near the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. Astronomers using the…
In a new study, scientists use Herschel data to view a giant cloud of gas and dust called Westerhout 3 and to study the early…