Stars usually form in clusters, which can also form in pairs or groups. Binary clusters (BCs) are defined as pairs of open ...

A groundbreaking discovery has shed new light on star formation in the early universe, revealing a galaxy that forms stars at an extraordinary rate. Known as Y1, this galaxy is unlike anything ...

Astronomers have discovered something unexpected in the birthplaces of young stars: ultraviolet (UV) radiation where it ...

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 ...

Star formation should be a relatively straightforward process. Dense clouds of molecular hydrogen collapse under gravity, fragmenting into cores that grow into protostars. These infant stars are cold, ...

Two of the objects in the arrangement are cold brown dwarfs, which will serve as a benchmark for others throughout the Milky Way. By Katrina Miller Zenghua Zhang, an astronomer at Nanjing University ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. In space, the brightness of a galaxy is typically determined by its ...

Frozen complex organic molecules have been discovered for the first time around a young protostar in a galaxy other than our own, thanks to the observing power of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) ...

Artist conception of early starbursting galaxies. The image is rendered from FIRE simulation data used for this research that can explain recent JWST results. Stars and galaxies are shown in the ...