Galaxies die earlier than expected: Webb sees signs of halted star formation 700 million years after Big Bang
An international team led by UNIGE shows that red and dead galaxies can be found only 700 million years after the Big Bang, ...
Hierarchical cluster formation in the Milky Way's core caps birth of massive stars
An international research team led by Dr. Zhang Suinan from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of ...
Ultralight dark matter could explain early black hole formation
A black hole is a region of space where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape. There are two main ...
James Webb dives into the heart of the Milky Way to study star formation
Webb first observed the region called Sagittarius C in 2023. Now researchers are now using those observations to study star formation in the wider area around the center of the Milky Way, known as the ...
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Investigating more than 1,000 star-forming regions to understand stellar birth
Each star-forming region can work at different ... The ALMA evolutionary study of high-mass protocluster formation in the Galaxy. Presentation of the survey and early results, arXiv (2025).
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Massive star explosions may have triggered two mass extinctions in Earth's past: 'It would be terrifying.'
Deaths of nearby massive stars may have played a significant role in triggering at least two mass extinction events ... stars and reconstruct nearby star formation history. "It was only once ...
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Spiral starburst galaxy glows in gorgeous Hubble Telescope image
NGC 4536 is also considered a starburst galaxy, as it is undergoing an exceptionally high rate of star formation compared to the average rate observed in most other galaxies. The ionized hydrogen ...