young stars
JWST Sees Furious Star Formation in a Stellar Nursery
The powerful James Webb Space Telescope is a mighty technological tool. Astrophysicists first conceived it over 20 years ago, and…
Planets Don’t Wait for Their Star to Form First
It looks like we may have to update our theories on how stars and planets form in new solar systems.…
Another Collection of Newly Forming Planetary Systems. This Time from the Gemini Planet Imager
Over the next decade, several very powerful telescopes will come online. Observing time on these 'scopes will be in high…
More Pictures of Planet-Forming Disks Around Young Stars
Astronomy is advancing to the point where we can see planets forming around young stars. This was an unthinkable development…
Are the Gaps in These Disks Caused by Planets?
Astronomers like observing distant young stars as they form. Stars are born out of a molecular cloud, and once enough…
Elliptical Galaxy Messier 110 Has a Surprising Core of Hot Blue Stars
Messier 110 (NGC 205) is a satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy. It's a dwarf elliptical galaxy, a common type of…
VLA Shows Early Stages Of Planet Formation In Unprecedented Detail
Astronomers have captured the earliest image yet of the formation of planets around a young star.
What’s At The Center Of Our Galaxy?
Dr. Andrea Ghez has spent much of her career studying the region right around the center of the Milky Way,…