stellar formation
Astronomers Spot Three Interacting Systems with Twin Discs
Using the SPHERE instrument on the ESO's Very Large Telescope, a team of astronomers observed how interaction between disks affects…
Astronomers Find a Nearby Star That a Spitting Image of a Young Sun
Astronomers have found a young star that is very similar to our Sun, and it could tell us about the…
The Solar System has been Flying Through the Debris of a Supernova for 33,000 Years
An Ancient Voyage Earth is on a journey… While our planet orbits the Sun each year - a billion kilometers…
Both Stars in This Binary System Have Accretion Disks Around Them
Stars exhibit all sorts of behaviors as they evolve. Small red dwarfs smolder for billions or even trillions of years.…
The Secret Origin Story of Brown Dwarfs
[/caption] Sometimes called failed stars, brown dwarfs straddle the line between star and planet. Too massive to be "just" a…
The Zooniverse is Expanding: The Milky Way Project Begins Today
[/caption] From the folks that brought you the addictive citizen science projects Galaxy Zoo and Moon Zoo (among others), comes…
A Young Star Grows Up
Remember when you were young and how Mom always told you to eat everything on your plate so you would…