Supercomputer simulations on Frontera reveal the origins of ultra-massive black holes, the most massive objects thought to exist in the entire universe. Shown here is…
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Map of material distribution in the disk around protostar G358-MM1. The white “+” marks the location of the protostar. The contour lines indicate signal strength.…
The rocket carrying the experiment module being launched to carry out microgravity experiments. Credit: Swedish Space Corporation Gaining insight into the formation of dust grains…
The James Webb Space Telescope captured this image of a galaxy cluster (SMACS0723). The five zoomed in galaxies are so far away that we observe…
New research reveals that the mass of newly born stars (yellow, orange, and red circles stand for stars from higher to lower mass) varies with…
This image by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope’s Near-InfraRed Camera (NIRCam) features the central region of the Chameleon I dark molecular cloud, which resides…
Researchers have discovered new indications that red giants frequently experience large-scale structural variations, or “glitches,” in the inner core. Recent findings indicate that a significant…
The two stars in Wolf-Rayet 140 produce shells of dust every eight years that look like rings, as seen in this image from NASA’s James…
An artist’s illustration shows a white dwarf (right) circling a larger, sun-like star (left) in an ultra-short orbit, forming a “cataclysmic” binary system. Credit: M.Weiss/Center…
Artist’s impression of a BEASTie. The image shows a gas giant planet (like Jupiter) on a distant orbit around a blue, massive star. The planet…
A bright star is surrounded by a tenuous shell of gas in this unusual image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. U Camelopardalis, or U…
[unable to retrieve full-text content] A Tenacious Star Validates a Revised Model of Supernovae A supernova is the cataclysmic explosion of a star. Thermonuclear supernovae,…
Artist’s impression of the red hypergiant star VY Canis Majoris. Located about 3,009 light-years from Earth, VY Canis Majoris is possibly the most massive star…
Astronomers have finally resolved the conflict between the internal structure of the Sun as determined from solar oscillations and the structure derived from the fundamental…
The model developed by the scientists includes the history of the rotation of the sun but also the magnetic instabilities that it generates. Credit: Sylvia…
The star HD 222925 is a ninth-magnitude star located toward the southern constellation Tucana. Credit: The STScI Digitized Sky Survey In our sun’s cosmic neighborhood…
Figure 1: The 30 Doradus nebula, also known as the Tarantula Nebula, in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is home to many massive stars. Credit:…
Scientists from the RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research have used computer modeling to show how a hypothesized type of supernova would evolve on the scale…
The supernova known as 2014C took place eight years ago—but scientists are still watching and learning from its aftermath. The very faintly visible explosion is…
Artist’s impression of a rare kind of stellar merger event between two white dwarf stars. Credit: Nicole Reindl A German team of astronomers from the…