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Star Clusters on a Clandestine Collision Course
Astronomers originally thought that just one massive star cluster shone brightly in a huge star forming region of the Tarantula…
Fireworks Erupt From Newborn Star
Just in time for summer fireworks season, the Hubble science team has released an image of Herbig-Haro 110, a young…
The Care And Feeding Of Teenage Galaxies… And By The Way, They Need Gas
[/caption] Got a teenager? Then you know the story. Go to look for your favorite bag of chips and they're…
Astronomers See Stars Changing Right Before Their Eyes in Orion Nebula
[/caption] A gorgeous new image from the tag team effort of the Herschel and Spitzer Space telescopes shows a rainbow…
Young Star Cluster In Disintegrated Galaxy Reveals First-Ever Intermediate Mass Black Hole
[/caption] Score another first for NASA's Hubble Space Telescope! Along with observations taken with the Swift X-ray telescope, a team…
‘Dark Markings of the Sky’ are Hiding Star Formation
[/caption] This stunning new image shows a sinuous filament of cosmic dust more than ten light-years long. The makeup of…
Starbursts May Actually Destroy Globular Clusters
[/caption] It seems logical to assume that long ago, the amount of globular clusters increased in our galaxy during star-making…
Emerging Supermassive Black Holes Choke Star Formation
[/caption] Located on the Chajnantor plateau in the foothills of the Chilean Andes, ESO's APEX telescope has been busy looking…
Citizen Scientist Project Finds Thousands of ‘Star Bubbles’
[/caption] Remember when you were a kid and blowing bubbles was such great fun? Well, stars kind of do that…
“Proplyd-like” Objects Discovered in Cygnus OB2
[/caption] The well known Orion Nebula is perhaps the most well known star forming regions in the sky. The four…