"Even today, our understanding of star formation is still developing; comprehending how stars formed in the earlier universe is even more challenging." ...
Researchers have found that stars in the early universe may have formed from 'fluffy' molecular clouds. Using the ALMA telescope to observe the Small Magellanic Cloud -- whose environment is similar ...
Images from ALMA telescope provide insight to the earlier years of our universe.
Fluffy strands of cosmic gas and dust illuminated by bright young stars form a beautiful cloudscape in a neighboring nebula.
For a long time, scientists have believed that the universe looks the same no matter where you are or which direction you look. This idea, called the Cosmological Principle, is a key assumption in ...
Stars are born in dense molecular clouds, but did they always form this way? Recent research suggests that in the early ...
Researchers at MSU found that H₃⁺ can form in unexpected ways. They studied molecules hit by high-energy light.
The James Webb Space Telescope has shown that the Milky Way’s black hole is constantly blazing with light, releasing long flares as well as short flashes every day.
A cosmic filament, 3 million light-years long, has been directly imaged for the first time — offering a new glimpse into the ...
Within the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument’s early data, scientists have uncovered the largest samples ever of ...