Star Formation
Greedy Galaxies Gobbled Gas, Stalling Star Formation Billions Of Years Ago
Like millionaires that burn through their cash too quickly, astronomers have found one factor behind why compact elliptical galaxies stopped…
When Is a Star Not a Star?
When it's a brown dwarf -- but where do we draw the line? Often called "failed stars," brown dwarfs are…
Forging Stars – Peering Into Starbirth and Death
Some 160,000 light years away towards the constellation of Dorado (the Swordfish), is an amazing area of starbirth and death.…
‘Elephant Trunks’ Crowd Distant Star Cluster, Raising New Questions About Stellar Formation
Star winds are pushing the gas around NGC 3572 into "elephant trunks", as you can see if you look carefully as…
Supersonic Starbirth Bubble Glows In Image From Two Telescopes
Talk about birth in the fast lane. Fresh observations of HH 46/47 -- an area well-known for hosting a baby star…
Early Supermassive Black Holes First Formed as Twins
It's one of the puzzles of cosmology and stellar evolution: how did supermassive black holes get so... well, supermassive... in the…
New Camera Aboard APEX Gets First Light
And the "Cat's Paw" was waiting to strike! In this exceptionally detailed image of star-forming region NGC 6334 we can…
Earth’s Gold Came From Colliding Stars
Are you wearing a gold ring? Or perhaps gold-plated earrings? Maybe you have some gold fillings in your teeth... for…
Jets Boost — Not Hinder — Star Formation in Early Galaxies, New Study Suggests
Understanding the formation of stars and galaxies early in the Universe's history continues to be somewhat of an enigma, and…
ALMA Spots a Nascent Stellar Monster
Even though it comprises over 99% of the mass of the Solar System (with Jupiter taking up most of the…