In 2013, the Hubble Space Telescope spotted water vapour on Jupiter's moon Europa. The vapour was evidence of plumes similar…
Some parts of the Universe only reveal important details when observed in radio waves. That explains why we have ALMA,…
Astronomers using the Very Large Telescope in Chile have now completed one of the largest surveys ever to hunt for…
All stars form in giant molecular clouds of hydrogen. But some stars are extraordinarily massive; the most massive one we…
How long does planet formation take? Maybe not as long as we thought, according to new research. Observations with the…
Star formation is well understood when it happens in the populous centers of galaxies. From our vantage point on Earth,…
Astronomers have detected pond-like ripples across the gaseous disk of an ancient galaxy. What caused the ripples, and what do…
The ESO's Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is perched high in the Chilean Andes. ALMA is made of 66 high-precision…
Quasars, short for quasi-stellar objects, are one of the most powerful and luminous classes of objects in our Universe. A…
Modern instruments like ALMA have revealed newly forming stars surrounded by accretion disks. These images are so sensitive you can…