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.…
Why would a young Sun-like star suddenly belch out a hugely bright flare? That's what astronomers at Harvard Smithsonian Astrophysical…
Astronomers working with the JWST found a dwarf galaxy they weren't looking for. It's about 98 million years away, has…
All stars form in giant molecular clouds of hydrogen. But some stars are extraordinarily massive; the most massive one we…
Astronomers have detected pond-like ripples across the gaseous disk of an ancient galaxy. What caused the ripples, and what do…
Our Milky Way bristles with giant molecular clouds birthing stars. Based on what we see here, astronomers assume that the…
The core of our Milky Way is buzzing with stars. Recently astronomers reported that it contains at least one ancient…
The birth of a star is a spectacular event that plays out behind a veil of gas and dust. It's…
When stars are born, they do it inside a molecular cloud. Astronomers long assumed that the "crèche" supplied all the…