News tagged with star formation
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Astronomers Discover Clue to Origin of Milky Way Gas Clouds
A surprising discovery that hydrogen gas clouds found in abundance in and above our Milky Way Galaxy have preferred locations has given astronomers a key clue about the origin of such clouds, which play an ...
May 26, 2010 |
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CU telescope debuts on NASA flying observatory
(PhysOrg.com) -- SOFIA, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, will take flight May 25 along with the Cornell-built FORCAST (the Faint Object InfraRed Camera for the SOFIA Telescope).
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May 25, 2010 |
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Two Peas in an Irregular Pod
(PhysOrg.com) -- Our sun may be an only child, but most of the stars in the galaxy are actually twins. The sibling stars circle around each other at varying distances, bound by the hands of gravity.
May 20, 2010 |
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Herschel reveals the hidden side of star birth
The first scientific results from ESA's Herschel infrared space observatory are revealing previously hidden details of star formation. New images show thousands of distant galaxies furiously building stars ...
May 06, 2010 |
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Herschel telescope shows galactic star formation is slowing (Update)
The formation of new stars in galaxies like the Milky Way has declined five-fold in the last three billion years, initial findings of the European Space Agency's Herschel telescope showed Thursday.
May 06, 2010 |
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Planck highlights the complexity of star formation
New images from ESA's Planck space observatory reveal the forces driving star formation and give astronomers a way to understand the complex physics that shape the dust and gas in our Galaxy.
Apr 26, 2010 |
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The Most Luminous Stellar Nurseries in the Universe
(PhysOrg.com) -- Although many of the details about star formation are vigorously debated, the general principles are reasonably well understood.
Apr 16, 2010 |
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Space Telescope Moves on with One Detector
(PhysOrg.com) -- Mission engineers and scientists with NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer, a space telescope that has been beaming back pictures of galaxies for three times its design lifespan, are no longer ...
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Apr 13, 2010 |
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Colony of Young Stars Shines in New Spitzer Image
(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers have their eyes on a hot group of young stars, watching their every move like the paparazzi. A new infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the bustling star-making ...
Apr 01, 2010 |
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The Light and Dark Face of a Star-Forming Nebula
(PhysOrg.com) -- Today, ESO is unveiling an image of the little known Gum 19, a faint nebula that, in the infrared, appears dark on one half and bright on the other. On one side hot hydrogen gas is illuminated ...
Mar 31, 2010 |
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Scientists discover 'catastrophic event' behind the halt of star birth in early galaxy formation
Scientists have found evidence of a catastrophic event they believe was responsible for halting the birth of stars in a galaxy in the early Universe.
Mar 09, 2010 |
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Simulating the Birth of Massive Stars
(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers have made great strides recently in understanding how modest stars - those like the sun or smaller -- are formed.
Mar 09, 2010 |
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Winds of Change: How Black Holes May Shape Galaxies
(PhysOrg.com) -- This is a composite image of NGC 1068, one of the nearest and brightest galaxies containing a rapidly growing supermassive black hole.
Mar 03, 2010 |
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Old star is 'missing link' in galactic evolution
(PhysOrg.com) -- A newly discovered star outside the Milky Way has yielded important clues about the evolution of our galaxy. Located in the dwarf galaxy Sculptor some 280,000 light-years away, the star has ...
Mar 03, 2010 |
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Why Today's Galaxies Don't Make As Many Stars As They Once Did
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Arizona astronomers have helped solve a mystery surrounding the birth of stars in galaxies that has long puzzled scientists. Their results are published in the Feb. 11 issue ...
Feb 11, 2010 |
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