Star Formation
Molecular Clouds Have Long Lives By Constantly Reassembling Themselves
Astronomers have recently discovered that giant clouds of molecular hydrogen, the birthplace of stars, can live for tens of millions…
Astronomers Spot an Orphaned Protostar
Astronomers have performed an impressive suite of observations at multiple wavelengths of the same system, dubbed the HH 24 complex.…
It’s Feeding Time For This Baby Star in Orion
Young protostars are wrapped in what could be called a womb of gas and dust. The gas and dust nearest…
Baby Gas Giants Cast Shadows on Their Siblings
A team of astronomers has caught glimpses of gas giants forming around a very young star. The nascent giants are…
Hubble Sees a Dense Cloud of Gas and Dust That’s About to Become a Star
The process of star birth begins in a shroud of gas and dust. Hubble Space Telescope (HST) excels in showing…
The Latest JWST Image Shows a Star in the Earliest Stage of Formation
What's the most exciting thing about the James Webb Space Telescope? The stunning images? The completion of its torturous path…
Too Many Supernovae Can Slow Star Formation in a Galaxy
Interstellar winds are powerful agents of change. For one thing, they can interrupt or shut down the process of star…
Another Version of the Pillars of Creation from Webb
The hits just keep on streaming back to Earth from James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). This time, arriving to help…
Hubble Looks at Newly Forming Stars in a Stellar Nursery
When we look at images of star birth regions, they look both placid and active at the same time. That's…
A Black Hole is Hurling a jet of Material at its Neighboring Galaxy
It's been a banner time for black hole research! In recent months, astrophysicists have announced the discovery of the most…