Star Formation
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…
Radio Telescopes Resolve Pleiades Distance Debate
Fall will soon be at our doorstep. But before the leaves change colors and the smell of pumpkin fills our…
Fingerprint From a First-Generation Star?
The young universe was composed of a pristine mix of hydrogen, helium, and a tiny trace of lithium. But after…
Diamond Pinpricks: Gorgeous Shot Of Star Group That Once Baffled Astronomers
Is this group of stars belonging to one generation, or more? That's one of the things that was puzzling astronomers…
Cosmic Fireworks: A Supernova Feast And Google+ Hangout For Chandra’s 15th Anniversary
It's well past the Fourth of July, but you can still easily find fireworks in the sky if you look…
Merging Giant Galaxies Sport ‘Blue Bling’ in New Hubble Pic
On a summer night, high above our heads, where the Northern Crown and Herdsman meet, a titanic new galaxy is…
The Making of the Pillars of Creation
It’s one of the most iconic images of the modern Space Age. In 1995, the Hubble Space Telescope team released…
Hubble Hubba: Stars Are Being Born Around A Black Hole In Galaxy’s Center
Let's just casually look at this image of a galaxy 86 million light-years away from us. In the center of…
Too WISE to be Fooled by Dust: Over 300 New Star Clusters Discovered
Brazilian astronomers have discovered some 300+ star clusters that were largely overlooked owing to sizable obscuration by dust. The astronomers, from the Universidade…