Star Formation
SOFIA Reveals Star-Forming Region W40
[/caption] Around 1957 light years away, a dense molecular cloud resides beside an OB star cluster locked in a massive…
The Way Cool Clouds Of The Carina Nebula
[/caption] It's beautiful.... But it's cold. By utilizing the submillimetre-wavelength of light, the 12 meter APEX telescope has imaged the…
Do Galaxies Recycle Their Material?
[/caption] It's a great question that's now been validated by the Hubble Space Telescope. Recent observations have shown how galaxies…
Antique Stars Could Help Solve Mysteries Of Early Milky Way
[/caption] Utilizing ESO's giant telescopes located in Chile, researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute have been examining "antique" stars. Located…
Early Galaxy Chemistry: VLT Observes Gamma-Ray Burst
[/caption] "Shot through the heart and you're to blame..." There's nothing more powerful than a gamma-ray burst. These abrupt, mega-bright…
Failed Star Is One Cool Companion
[/caption] Astronomers have located a planet-like star that's barely warmer than a balmy summer day on Earth... it's literally the…
Are The Milky Way’s First Stars Responsible For Destroying Its Satellite Galaxies?
About a decade ago, standard cosmological models encountered a slight problem when applied to the Milky Way... missing satellite galaxies.…
Holmberg II – Forever Blowing Bubbles
[/caption] "I'm forever blowing bubbles... Pretty bubbles in the air..." Its name is Holmberg II, and it's a dwarf galaxy…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Star Formation Laws
[/caption] Take a cloud of molecular hydrogen add some turbulence and you get star formation – that's the law. The…
Solo Star Synthesis
[/caption] "Swing your partner round and round... Out of the cluster and out of town" While that's a facetious description…