Star Formation
Astronomers Find Evidence of a Strange Type of Star
One has never been spotted for sure in the wild jungle of strange stellar objects out there, but astronomers now…
These Ultra-Black ‘Cosmic Clumps’ Will Give Birth To Powerful Stars
When gas and dust squeeze tightly enough together in space, no light can get through and the place is black…
Did That Star Eat A Planet? Rocky Elements Could Tell The Tale
It's amazing what astronomers can figure out from afar, and this now might include whether a star ate a few…
Can Super-Fast Stars Unveil Dark Matter’s Secrets?
Zoom! A star was recently spotted speeding at 1.4 million miles an hour (2.2 million km/hr), which happened to be the closest…
Found! Sun’s ‘Sibling’ Likely Formed From Same Gas Cloud, Astronomers Say
Peer about 110 light-years away from our solar system, and you might catch a glimpse of how our own neighborhood…
Starquake! How Super-Suns Swing, And What It Could Look Like
Much like how an earthquake can teach us about the interior of the Earth, a starquake shows off certain properties…
Dusty Galaxies Shine Across The Universe In New Herschel Survey
While dust is easy to ignore in small quantities (says the writer looking at her desk), across vast reaches of…
Hubble Captures Starbirth In A Monkey’s Head As Telescope Approaches 24 Years In Space
Billowing gas clouds and young stars feature in this February Hubble Space Telescope image, released as the telescope approaches its…
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Astronomers Identify the Largest Yellow “Hypergiant” Star Known
A stellar monster lurks in heart of the Centaur. A recent analysis of a star in the south hemisphere constellation of…
Did Old Galaxies Grow Up Quicker Than New Ones?
Did some of the oldest galaxies grow up quickly? That's an intriguing possibility raised by a research team that found…