These images contain two of the star-forming regions of the largest such survey done to date in X-rays by Chandra. The study outlines the link…
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Using gas velocity data, scientists observing Elias 2-27 were able to directly measure the mass of the young star’s protoplanetary disk and also trace dynamical…
Artist’s impression of a supernova. Credit: James Josephides, Swinburne University of Technology What happens if a supernova explosion goes off right beside another star? The…
Artist’s impression of the gas-rich debris disk. Credit: NAOJ A Dutch-led team of astronomers has discovered that high-mass stars are formed differently from their smaller…
Snapshot from the first full STARFORGE simulation. Nicknamed the “Anvil of Creation,” a giant molecular cloud with individual star formation and comprehensive feedback, including protostellar…
Unprecedented high-resolution map of the Orion Nebula Cluster showing newborn stars (orange squares), gravitationally collapsing gas cores (red circles), and non-collapsing gas cores (blue crosses).…
Artist’s conception of a violent stellar flare erupting on neighboring star, Proxima Centauri. The flare is the most powerful ever recorded from the star, and…
“Sound waves trapped inside stars cause them to oscillate at particular frequencies. These vibrations are visible on the surface, and can be measured by astronomers…
An artist’s impression of a flare from Proxima Centauri, modeled after the loops of glowing hot gas seen in the largest solar flares. An artist’s…
This is the compass image for VY Canis Majoris, showing the orientation and filters used. Credit: NASA, ESA, and R. Humphreys (University of Minnesota), and…
The red supergiant appears as a red starburst between two orange clouds. Credit: © 2021 Andrew Klinger Red supergiants are a class of star that…
Gaia survey provides location and motion of 1.3 million binary pairs within 3,000 light years of Earth. The latest star data from the Gaia space…
This ALMA image shows the young planetforming dust rings surrounding the IRS 63 protostar, which is younger than 500,000 years old. Credit: MPE/D. Segura-Cox Data…
Remnants of planetary crust disintegrating under the tidal forces around a cool white dwarf. Material in the disc becomes vapourised close to the central star…
This illustration sketches out the main features of TOI 451, a triple-planet system located 400 light-years away in the constellation Eridanus. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space…
This graphic illustrates how the southern region of the rapidly evolving, bright, red supergiant star Betelgeuse may have suddenly become fainter for several months during…
This artist’s impression of ID2299 shows the galaxy, the product of a galactic collision, and some of its gas being ejected by a “tidal tail”…
An artistic rendering of generic stellar streams in the Milky Way. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt, SSC & Caltech Examination of Theia 456 finds its nearly 500…
Gamma-ray bursts, as shown in this illustration, are the most powerful explosions in the universe. They emit most of their energy in gamma rays, light…
The XMM-Newton X-ray telescope reveals a new type of star in X-ray light. Credit: ESA/XMM-Newton, L. Oskinova/University Potsdam, Germany This image shows a new type…