star formation
Astronomers Want JWST to Study the Milky Way Core for Hundreds of Hours
To understand the Universe, we need to understand the extreme processes that shape it and drive its evolution. Things like…
Feast Your Eyes on this Star-Forming Region, Thanks to the JWST
Nature is stingy with its secrets. That's why humans developed the scientific method. Without it, we'd still be ignorant and…
Compare Images of a Galaxy Seen by Both Hubble and JWST
The James Webb Space Telescope is widely considered to be better than the Hubble Space Telescope. But the JWST doesn't…
Galaxies Breathe Gas, and When They Stop, No More Stars Form
For most of the history of astronomy, all we could see were stars. We could see them individually, in clusters,…
JWST Gazes into the Dark Molecular Clouds at the Heart of the Milky Way
There's an unusual object near the Milky Way's heart that astronomers call "The Brick." It's a massive cloud of gas…
Astronomers Find a Newly-Forming Quadruple-Star System
Scientists have observed a rare quadruple star system in formation, revealing new insights into how multi-star systems form.
Star Factories Haven’t Changed Much Over the Entire Age of the Universe
The ancient Universe is weird and secretive. Scientists have made laudable progress in uncovering more and more information on how…
Here's How You Could Get Impossibly Large Galaxies in the Early Universe
A study by an Israeli team of astronomers offers a solution to the "impossibly massive" galaxies Webb observed.
New Images Reveal the Magnetic Fields in the Horsehead Nebula
A high-school student and an international team of astronomers created the first-ever map of the Horsehead Nebula's magnetic field.
Advanced Life Should Have Already Peaked Billions of Years Ago
Did humanity miss the party? Are SETI, the Drake Equation, and the Fermi Paradox all just artifacts of our ignorance…