Star formation
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ESO astronomers have used the ALMA telescope to observe the protoplanetary disk surrounding a young star, revealing the presence of complex organic molecules that represent the building blocks of life. The findings mark the first time that such a discovery has been made.
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For a long time, scientists have been searching for an answer as to how galaxy clusters regulate the number of stars they create. A team of researchers from MIT, Columbia University and Michigan State University believe they have found the answer.
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NASA scientists are hoping to unravel the evolutionary and environmental impact of celestial giants by observing an intermediate-mass black hole (IMBH), sitting 100 million light years away in the spiral arm of galaxy NGC 2276.
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NASA's venerated Hubble Space Telescope has captured a striking image of the larger galaxy NGC 7714 colliding with its smaller companion NGC 7715. A similar cataclysmic collision is due to take place between our own galaxy and our closest neighbor the Andromeda galaxy in around four billion years.
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ESO astronomers have used the Very Large Telescope’s (VLT) Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) instrument to make detailed observations of a cosmic collision, revealing secrets as to how star-forming gas was ripped out of a distant spiral galaxy.
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Using the ALMA group of radio telescopes, astronomers have discovered a carbon-based molecule with a branched structure – a common feature in molecules that are required for life to form – within a giant gas cloud in the star-forming region of Sagittarius B2.
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NASA’s Hubble and Spitzer telescopes have been used to examine a distant elliptical galaxy known as Sparky. The observations represent the first glimpse at the earliest stages of massive galaxy construction, shedding light on an area of frenzied star production in the early universe.
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ScienceA newly-released picture taken by the Hubble Telescope is adding color to the Deep Field surveys by detecting 10,000 galaxies in the ultraviolet spectrum that would otherwise be impossible to detect.
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Magnetars are dense, magnetic neutron stars that can form when a star goes supernova. They are extremely rare and, until now, it has been difficult to determine how and why they form. However, thanks to new data collected by the VLT, astronomers believe they have finally solved the great mystery.
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A team of astronomers have developed a computer simulation called "Illustris," which took five years to program and, for the first time, can recreate the evolution of the Universe in high fidelity.
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Observations from the ALMA telescope have revealed a giant stellar womb within the Milky Way that will one day give birth to a star up to 100 times as massive as the Sun.
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ScienceNASA's SOFIA observatory has revealed that the formation of massive stars is more akin to that of smaller stars than was previously thought.
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