star formation
A Snapshot of a Galactic Crash
Some galaxies shine with a red ghostly glow. Once these galaxies stop forming new stars, they can only host long-lived…
ESO’s Latest Dramatic Landscape
The universe is stunning. Images from even the most modest telescopes can unveil its brilliant beauty. But couple that with…
The Making of the Pillars of Creation
It’s one of the most iconic images of the modern Space Age. In 1995, the Hubble Space Telescope team released…
Powerful Starbursts in Dwarf Galaxies Helped Shape the Early Universe, a New Study Suggests
Massive galaxies in the early Universe formed stars at a much faster clip than they do today — creating the…
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…
The Great Galactic Turn-Off
Are you ready for a new galactic puzzle? Then let's start with some clues. It has been long assumed that…
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…
Spectacular Night Launch from NASA Wallops Shines Bright Beacon on Star Formation in Early Universe
Night time blast off of 4 stage NASA Black Brant XII suborbital rocket at 11:05 p.m. EDT on June 5,…
NASA Experiment Seeks Signatures of Formation of First Stars and Galaxies
When did the first stars and galaxies form in the universe and how brightly did they burn? Scientists are looking…