young stellar objects
Hubble Shows Young Stars Shaping Their Surroundings in the Orion Nebula
Orion the Hunter, resplendent in the northern hemisphere's night sky in winter, is more than an easily identified constellation. It's…
Astronomers are Watching a Newly Forming Super Star Cluster
Six or seven billion years ago, most stars formed in super star clusters. That type of star formation has largely…
The Hubble and FU Orionis: a New Look at an Old Mystery
In 1936 astronomers watched as FU Orionis, a dim star in the Orion constellation, brightened dramatically. The star's brightness increased…
The Webb Discovers a Rich Population of Brown Dwarfs Outside the Milky Way
This stunning image of a star cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is more than just a pretty picture.…
Studying Stars from the Lunar Surface with MoonLITE, Courtesy of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services
Optical interferometry has been a long-proven science method that involves using several separate telescopes to act as one big telescope,…
The Outer Reaches of the Milky Way are Full of Stars, and the JWST is Observing Them
The Milky Way's outer reaches are coming into view thanks to the JWST. Astronomers pointed the powerful space telescope to…
Baby Stars are Swarming Around the Galactic Center
The vicinity of Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the supermassive black hole at the Milky Way's center, is hyperactive. Stars, gas,…
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…
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…
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…