When the James Webb Space Telescope was launched on Christmas Day in 2021, it faced a whole host of intriguing…
The Milky Way's outer reaches are coming into view thanks to the JWST. Astronomers pointed the powerful space telescope to…
Understanding the star formation rate (SFR) in a galaxy is critical to understanding the galaxy itself. Some galaxies are starburst…
Some galaxies experience rapid star formation hundreds or even thousands of times greater than the Milky Way. Astronomers think that…
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…