birth of stars

Gigantic cavity in space sheds new light on how stars form 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 28, 2021
Astronomers analyzing 3D maps of the shapes and sizes of nearby molecular clouds have discovered a gigantic cavity in space.

By David Aragorn
An ancient star casts new light on the birth of the universe 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 22, 2021
A distant star may be one of the oldest astronomers have seen, and its discovery reveals details about the very first stars.

By David Aragorn
This Jaw-Dropping Simulation Gives Us Our Best Look Yet at Baby Stars Being Born 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 20, 2021
The birth of a star is a wild and magnificent thing.

By David Aragorn
Galaxy survives a ravenous black hole by birthing 100 stars a year 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 2, 2020
The most active type of black holes are believed to consume so much material surrounding them that they could eventually eliminate their entire host galaxy. The process of consuming matter around the black hole is intense enough that, in some instances, it creates a highly energetic object called a quasar that is one of the brightest objects in the universe. Researchers have discovered a galaxy that survives the ravenous black hole at its center by creating new stars.

By David Aragorn
First-Generation Stars Formed More Quickly than Previously Thought 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 13, 2019
An international team of astronomers has discovered a massive cloud of gas that formed just 850 million years after the Big Bang. The chemical composition of the object reveals that the first generation of stars formed quickly and enriched the Universe with the elements they synthesized.

By David Aragorn
Under construction: Distant galaxy churning out stars at remarkable rate 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 9, 2016
Astronomers have used NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes to show that a recently-discovered galaxy is undergoing an extraordinary boom of stellar construction.

By David Aragorn
Young star appears to be ripping away layers of close-orbiting ‘hot Jupiter’0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 9, 2016
Astronomers searching for the galaxy’s youngest planets have found compelling evidence for one unlike any other, a newborn “hot Jupiter” whose outer layers are being torn away by the star it orbits every 11 hours.

By David Aragorn
Study reveals the galaxy is under pressure to make stars 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 1, 2016
New studies about stars and how much pressure it takes for new ones to be formed.

By David Aragorn