Look at most spiral or barred spiral galaxies and you will see multiple regions where stars are forming. These star…
Wherever the JWST looks in space, matter and energy are interacting in spectacular displays. The Webb reveals more detail in…
The Gemini Observatory has unveiled a striking new image that shows star formation within the irregular galaxy NGC 4449. This…
The James Webb Space Telescope has unlocked another achievement. This time, the dynamic telescope has peered into the heart of…
Astronomers were surprised in 1937 when a star in a binary pair suddenly brightened by 1,000 times. The pair is…
It stands to reason that stars formed from the same cloud of material will have the same metallicity. That fact…
The list of chemicals found in space is growing longer and longer. Astronomers have found amino acids and other building…
This is an image of the FS Tau multi-star system taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. The bright object at…
Star birth is a messy and chaotic event. Some of the process remains well hidden behind clouds of gas and…
When a galaxy runs out of gas and dust, the process of star birth stops. That takes billions of years.…