Star Formation
More Evidence that the Milky Way has Four Spiral Arms
Astronomers have been arguing over just how many spiral arms our Galaxy exhibits. Is the Milky Way a four or two-armed…
Winds of Supermassive Black Holes Can Shape Galaxy-Wide Star Formation
The combined observations from two generations of X-Ray space telescopes have now revealed a more complete picture of the nature of…
What Is This Empty Hole In Space?
What may appear at first glance to be an eerie, empty void in an otherwise star-filled scene is really a…
Glorious Star Factories Shine In Astounding Amateur Shots
We often publish photos from professional observatories, but it's important to note that amateurs can also do a great job…
New Simulation Models Galaxies Like Never Before
Astronomy is, by definition, intangible. Traditional laboratory-style experiments that utilize variables and control groups are of little use to the scientists who…
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- Black Holes
- Cosmology
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- Exoplanets
- Extrasolar Planets
- Gamma Ray Bursts
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- Natural Disasters
- Star Formation
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Gamma Ray Bursts Limit The Habitability of Certain Galaxies, Says Study
Gamma ray bursts (GRBs) are some of the brightest, most dramatic events in the Universe. These cosmic tempests are characterized…
Double Disc Found Feeding Each Other In Binary Star System
Deep within the Taurus Dark Cloud complex, one of the closest star-forming regions to Earth has just revealed one of…
Old Equations Shed New Light on Quasars
There's nothing more out of this world than quasi-stellar objects or more simply - quasars. These are the most powerful and among…
Did Wild Weather — Or A Companion — Cause Eerie Infrared Glow From This Baby Star?
Watch out! Carbon monoxide gas is likely fleeing the disk of a young star like our Sun, producing an unusual…
Lazy Giant Galaxies Gain Mass By Ingesting Smaller Neighbors
The Anglo-Australian Telescope in New South Wales has been watching how lazy giant galaxies gain size - and it isn't…