molecular clouds

Mapping Molecular Clouds Changes Astronomers Outlook On Starbirth

It didn’t happen overnight. By studying the properties of giant molecular clouds in the Whirlpool Galaxy for several years with…

11 years ago

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…

13 years ago

Cyanoacetylene in IC 342

[/caption] Star formation is an incredible process, but also notoriously difficult to trace. The reason is that the main constituent…

13 years ago

Interstellar Scintilation

[/caption]Anyone who has looked at stars in the night sky (especially ones low on the horizon) has undoubtedly seen the…

14 years ago

WISE Mission Completes All-sky Infrared Survey

[/caption] If you take a lot of digital pictures, you're probably familiar with the frustration of keeping track of dozens…

14 years ago