New evidence that all stars are born in pairs
Did our sun have a twin when it was born 4.5 billion years ago?
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Black hole jets can influence star formation in galaxies by dispersing and heating interstellar gas
A new study conducted by a group of astrophysicists led by Dr K. Dasyra suggests that black hole jets can affect the star formation in galaxies by both dispersing and heating large amounts of gas over large areas. The result ...
Astronomy
Nov 12, 2016
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Gigantic cavity in space sheds new light on how stars form
Astronomers analyzing 3D maps of the shapes and sizes of nearby molecular clouds have discovered a gigantic cavity in space.
Astronomy
Sep 22, 2021
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JWST sets a new record, sees newly forming stars in the Triangulum galaxy
Our Milky Way bristles with giant molecular clouds birthing stars. Based on what we see here, astronomers assume that the process of star creation also goes on similarly in other galaxies. It makes sense since their stars ...
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Dec 29, 2023
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Water was plentiful in the early universe
Astronomers have long held that water—two hydrogen atoms and an oxygen atom—was a relative latecomer to the universe. They believed that any element heavier than helium had to have been formed in the cores of stars and ...
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May 13, 2015
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Milky Way's biggest star may have had a different beginning
The current theory of star formation has a problem: it cannot make big stars.
Astronomy
Sep 4, 2013
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How disc galaxies work
Disc galaxies like our own Milky Way, characterized by a flattened disc of stars and gas (often with a central bulge of material as well) have a wide range of masses, spatial extents, and stellar content. Nonetheless all ...
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Jul 23, 2018
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The world's first interferometric image at 500 GHz with ALMA Band 8 receivers
ALMA opens another window to the universe in the 500 GHz frequency band. Astronomers successfully synthesized the distribution of atomic carbon around a planetary nebula NGC 6302 in test observations with the ALMA Band 8 ...
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Sep 2, 2013
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A newly identified separate star cluster in front of the Orion Nebula Cluster
(Phys.org)—Using images from the 340 Mpx MegaCam camera on the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) from the summit of Mauna Kea, astronomers identified the massive cluster of young stars NGC 1980 to be a clearly separate ...
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Nov 13, 2012
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Mysterious ultra-high energy source investigated by astronomers
Astronomers from the University of Maryland and the Michigan Technological University, have inspected a mysterious ultra-high energy gamma-ray source known as LHAASO J2108+5157. Results of the study, published August 31 on ...
