Certain parts of the galaxy are more magical than others. There are barren wastelands where barely a particle strays through…
To trigger star formation, you need to compress a lot of gas into not a lot of volume. To make…
Many planetary systems may get snuffed out before they even get a chance to form, according to new research. The…
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…