The central core of our galaxy is not a friendly place for star formation, and yet new observations have revealed…
We thought we understood how stars are formed. It turns out, we don't. Not completely, anyway. A new study, recently…
Astronomers always like to look at incredibly violent places. Violence, in the astronomical sense, makes for rare conditions that can…
A galaxy's main business is star formation. And when they're young, like youth everywhere, they keep themselves busy with it.…
Audio narration by the author is available above 10 billion years ago, galaxies of the Universe were ablaze with the…
How do stars form? We know they form from massive structures called molecular clouds, which themselves form from the Interstellar…
Over the last few years, astronomers have observed distant solar systems in their early stages of growth. ALMA (Atacama Large…
It looks like we may have to update our theories on how stars and planets form in new solar systems.…
An Ancient Voyage Earth is on a journey… While our planet orbits the Sun each year - a billion kilometers…
Stars form from the collapse of dense clouds of gas and dust, which makes it very hard for astronomers to…