young stellar objects
The Youngest Planetary Disks Ever Seen
How long does planet formation take? Maybe not as long as we thought, according to new research. Observations with the…
4 months ago
JWST Reveals a Newly-Forming Double Protostar
As our newest, most perceptive eye on the ongoing unfolding of the cosmos, the James Webb Space Telescope is revealing…
5 months ago
This Dark Nebula Hides an Enormous Star
The birth of a star is a spectacular event that plays out behind a veil of gas and dust. It's…
6 months ago
New Stars Forming Uncomfortably Close to the Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole
Astronomers examining a star cluster near Sgr A*, the Milky Way's supermassive black hole, found that the cluster has some…
7 months ago
Incredible Image Shows Twin Stellar Jets Blasting Out of a Star-Forming Region
Young stars go through a lot as they're being born. They sometimes emit jets of ionized gas called MHOs—Molecular Hydrogen…
2 years ago
SOFIA Follows the Sulfur for Clues on Stellar Evolution
A high-flying space telescope is shedding light on where some of the basic building blocks for life may have originated…
5 years ago