Astronomers identified an exceptionally tiny core that may represent an early stage in the formation of a massive star. Located in an infrared-dark area called Dragon Cloud, the core is nicknamed the ...

A new discovery from a team of astronomers provides a significant clue to star formation. The mystery of star formation in galaxies continues to intrigue astronomers worldwide. Yet a key question ...

Star formation in galaxies is closely linked to molecular gas. In the distant past, when galaxy interactions were more common, these encounters compressed molecular gas, causing dense clouds to ...

The Milky Way is home to hundreds of billions of stars arranged in a glorious spiral pattern. But beyond the obvious spiral, ...

This gas led to the formation of stars and expansion of galaxies in the early Universe, according to new research that has provided direct evidence of neutral gas inside distant galaxies. Scientists ...

The findings could help solve the mystery of how the first stars formed. The roughly four-billion-year-old system consists of a black hole and two orbiting stars—a configuration that's never been seen ...

When scientists viewed the James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST) first images of the universe’s earliest galaxies, they were shocked. The young galaxies appeared too bright, too massive and too mature ...

A new study from two of NASA’s Great Observatories provides fresh insight into how some stars are born, along with a beautiful new image of a stellar nursery in our Galaxy. The research shows that ...

Gas clouds are a common feature of galaxies. Some are classed as high-velocity clouds and we suspected these might account for some of this galactic feeding material. What makes high-velocity clouds ...

New research suggests black holes might have helped birth new stars in the aftermath of the Big Bang. Should scientists rethink galaxy evolution and formation? In the summer of 2022, when the James ...

Star formation in galaxies unfolds as a two‐stage interplay between the assembly of cold, dense molecular clouds and the subsequent collapse of denser regions within them to form stars. In the first ...