03 January 2018
Mass of black holes determines star formation history
...the mass of the black hole that is guilty of shutting down star formation as the galaxy evolves. The name active galactic nuclei (AGN) ...Navarro. What they found was that differences in star formation between the galaxies only correlated with the mass ...
29 October 2018
A rare discovery helps scientists measure a key process in star formation
... it takes H2 to form, you will have a better understanding of dark cloud formation, which in turn will provide more information on star formation efficiency and the star formation rate. Now, by using a novel observation method, an international team...
25 September 2020
Salty water vapour provides clues to massive star formation
..., sodium chloride, is turning out to have another more important use - a marker pointing the way to massive star formation. 9500 light-years away in the constellation Scorpius, astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (...
10 July 2017
First glimpse at how gravity effects star formation
...motion of gas aids in the star formation process. It has been known for some time that stars are born in condensed cocoons of... hub centre resulting in large accumulation of matter and the formation of massive cores. Hence, our results reveal that this...
08 March 2017
The most distant galaxy yet observed by ALMA gives insight into first stars
...galaxy.” Dust is an essential building block in the formation of stars, planets and complex molecules and today it is scattered...this kind offer the exciting prospect of tracing early star formation and the creation of the heavier chemical elements ...
18 August 2021
New study sheds light on Solar System heavy metal problem
...new study which has observed a region of active star formation is giving astronomers new insights into how the heavy ... of dense protostellar cores in various stages of star formation and protoplanetary disk development; aspects which represent the...
