Image: Hubble probes colorful galaxy
This image displays a swirling spiral galaxy named NGC 2906.
Astronomy
Apr 20, 2020
0
7
News tagged with young stars
Related topics:
stars
· star formation
· galaxies
· spitzer space telescope
· hubble space telescope
On the origin of massive stars
This scene of stellar creation, captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, sits near the outskirts of the famous Tarantula Nebula. This cloud of gas and dust, as well as the many young and massive stars surrounding ...
Astronomy
Mar 18, 2020
1
739
New technique could elucidate earliest stages of planet's life
A new kind of astronomical observation helped reveal the possible evolutionary history of a baby Neptune-like exoplanet.
Astronomy
Mar 10, 2020
0
29
Scientists seize rare chance to watch faraway star system evolve
At only 1% the age of the sun, the DS Tuc binary system shows us how a planet might naturally develop before its orbit is disturbed by external forces.
Astronomy
Mar 2, 2020
0
433
How newborn stars prepare for the birth of planets
An international team of astronomers used two of the most powerful radio telescopes in the world to create more than three hundred images of planet-forming disks around very young stars in the Orion Clouds. These images reveal ...
Astronomy
Feb 20, 2020
6
686
Study unveils the nature of young stars near the cometary globule CG 30
Using the High-Resolution Echelle Spectrometer (HIRES), astronomers from Georgia State University (GSU) in Atlanta have investigated the nature of young stars near the cometary globule CG 30. The new study, presented December ...
Searching explanations for mysterious structures in protoplanetary disks
In the discs of dust and gasses around young stars, mysterious structures occur. Together with professor Ewine van Dishoeck, Ph.D. student Paolo Cazzoletti investigate how we can explain these forms, such as rings, spirals ...
Astronomy
Dec 13, 2019
1
10
Two cosmic peacocks show violent history of the magellanic clouds
Two peacock-shaped gaseous clouds were revealed in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) by observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). A team of astronomers found several massive baby stars in the ...
Astronomy
Nov 14, 2019
0
116
How to see stars and tackle light pollution in your own backyard
The dark skies of the great outdoors help people to see the wonders of space, either with the naked eye or using telescopes. That's why observatories are usually placed in high altitudes or remote locations, where there's ...
Astronomy
Nov 11, 2019
1
25
For newborn planets, solar systems are naturally baby-proof
Numerical simulations by a group of astronomers, led by Mario Flock from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, have shown that young planetary systems are naturally "baby-proof": Physical mechanisms combine to keep young ...
Astronomy
Oct 10, 2019
0
90
