07 November 2016
Astronomers detect a trio of unusual dwarf galaxies in the voids of the cosmic web
... of which is extremely gas-rich and also extremely metal deficient but is also thought to be the site of recent star formation. UGC 3672 is described by Chengalur and colleagues as a scaled down version of a nearby interacting group of galaxies known...
31 August 2016
Record-breaking galaxy cluster discovered
... on Earth. The discovery may also push back the formation time of galaxy clusters by about 700 million years. ...core of CL J1001, with nine of them going through rapid star formation. Stars are forming at a rate equivalent to over 3,000 Suns forming ...
May 2022
Essential guide to the James Webb Space Telescope
...astrophysics, from unveiling the light of the very first stars and galaxies to hunting for possible signs of life ...clouds like smoke), revealing the otherwise hidden world of star formation. However, longer infrared wavelengths, like those seen by ...
22 August 2016
Massive Young Star Discovered
.... The discovery and results of the study could help scientists understand how massive stars are formed and will be presented this week at the Star Formation 2016 conference held at the University of Exeter. According to Dr. John Ilee at Cambridge...
07 December 2015
Massive baby galaxies nestled in dark matter filaments found by ALMA
... thought that these young galaxies, that would have had star formation rates hundreds or thousands of times what we currently observe...researchers ascertain the role dark matter plays in galaxy formation, as it theorised that they form in environments ...
03 November 2016
MUSE instrument produces spectacular new images of the Carina Nebula
...are vast clouds of dust and gas within a hub of star formation about 7500 light-years away. The MUSE instrument creates thousands...link was noticed between the radiation emitted by nearby massive stars and the pillars themselves. Regions R45 and R37 in...
