Tag: Star formation

Bright galaxies put dark matter to the test

Nano Technology January 31, 2024

Jan 31, 2024 (Nanowerk News) For the past year and a half, the James Webb Space Telescope has delivered astonishing images of distant galaxies formed...

Lots of oxygen existed in the early universe, JWST reveals – Physics World

Quantum December 6, 2023

Mysterious ultrahigh-energy cosmic ray puzzles astronomers – Physics World

Quantum November 27, 2023

Rogue Worlds Throw Planetary Ideas Out of Orbit | Quanta Magazine

Quantum November 13, 2023

In the Milky Way’s Stars, a History of Violence | Quanta Magazine

QuantumSeptember 28, 2023

IntroductionLate in the evening of October 5, 1923, Edwin Hubble sat at the eyepiece of the Hooker telescope at the Mount Wilson Observatory, atop...

Evolution may explain values of the fundamental constants – Physics World

QuantumAugust 23, 2023

The values of the fundamental physical constants – seemingly fine-tuned for the emergence of nuclear matter and ultimately life – might...

JWST Spots Giant Black Holes All Over the Early Universe | Quanta Magazine

QuantumAugust 14, 2023

IntroductionYears before she was even sure the James Webb Space Telescope would successfully launch, Christina Eilers started planning a conference for astronomers specializing in...

Astronomers Confirm the Faintest Galaxy Ever Seen: A Glimpse into Cosmic Dawn

ZephyrnetAugust 13, 2023

Astronomers Confirm the Faintest Galaxy Ever Seen: A Glimpse into Cosmic DawnIn a groundbreaking discovery, astronomers have confirmed the existence of the faintest galaxy...

UK spaceports: the good, the bad and the ugly

QuantumMarch 14, 2023

Are spaceports the missing link needed to catalyse the UK space industry, or are they a can of worms best left...

Shadows in the Big Bang Afterglow Reveal Invisible Cosmic Structures

QuantumMarch 13, 2023

IntroductionNearly 400,000 years after the Big Bang, the primordial plasma of the infant universe cooled enough for the first atoms to coalesce, making space...

Spiral arms of gas and dust spotted around a massive protostar

QuantumFebruary 28, 2023

For the first time, spiral arms of gas and dust have been seen within a disc swirling around a massive protostar,...

Spiral pattern gives clue to how high-mass stars form

Nano TechnologyFebruary 28, 2023

Feb 28, 2023 (Nanowerk News) New observations have revealed a spiral pattern in a disk of material around a still forming, but already high-mass,...

New theory links supermassive black holes and dark energy

QuantumFebruary 24, 2023

A controversial new theory suggests that supermassive black holes that lurk at the heart of most large galaxies could be the...

Scientists observe high-speed star formation

Nano TechnologyFebruary 17, 2023

Feb 17, 2023 (Nanowerk News) Gas clouds in the Cygnus X Region, a region where stars form, are composed of a dense core of...

Astronomers Say They Have Spotted the Universe’s First Stars

QuantumJanuary 30, 2023

IntroductionA group of astronomers poring over data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has glimpsed light from ionized helium in a distant galaxy,...