star formation

Somewhere in the distant universe nearly 10 billion light years from Earth, an enormous black hole is spewing a…

At the core of each large galaxy lies a supermassive black hole with the mass of 1 million suns. New research shows…

New research suggests our galaxy contains as many as 100 billion brown dwarfs—a type of celestial object that didn’t…

Using the ALMA telescope, astronomers have captured an exceptionally clear image of a triple protostar system still…

An international team of astronomers has discovered a huge expanse of space near the center of the Milky Way that’s…

Using the VISTA telescope, astronomers in Chile have discovered a previously undetected band of young stars hidden…

The process by which stars form has been well established for decades. Then, in the 1990s, astronomers looked out on…

Multiple star systems containing two or more stars are extremely common, but astronomers aren't entirely sure how…

Back in 1995, the Hubble telescope took an absolutely breathtaking photo of stars being formed that's now known as…

Every time we think we have galactic dynamics figured out, the universe throws a new curveball at us. In a new…

What happens when you take observations of a gas cloud, a protostar, and a pre-star dense core of gas, and model…

An international team of astronomers has identified the earliest known star in the Universe. Considered a "second…

Astronomers have discovered the most distant galaxy yet — a celestial object whose light took an astounding 13.1…

We are about to see what happens when stars come to life. On March 13, the Atacama Large Millimeter/Sub Millimeter…

When I first saw these never-before-seen time-lapse videos—captured over the course of 14 years by the Hubble…

The universe just isn't what it used to be. Billions of years ago, when the universe was still in its infancy, the…

If you've ever wanted to see how a nebula's gas and dust can provide the fuel for stars to burst into being, check…

In 2006, a NASA spacecraft returned to Earth with samples that scientists hoped might contain cosmic dust, a…

This nebula is called the Trifid Nebula, so named for how the dark band of gas separates it into three parts. But…

A supermassive black hole is blasting a powerful jet, smashing a nearby galaxy in the system known as 3C321, NASA…