star formation
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Trippy NASA Visualization Takes You on a Journey Through the Iconic Pillars of Creation
The shimmery towers of cosmic dust and gas at the heart of the Eagle Nebula have inspired awe for decades since they were first captured by the Hubble telescope. Now, NASA released the most detailed visualization of the iconic celestial structure, revealing all of its dreamy features across multiple wavelengths of light. Using data from…
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Stellar Explosion From 180 Years Ago Comes Alive in New Timelapse
The Chandra X-ray Observatory didn’t exist in 1838, when the Eta Carinae star system started to brighten as it ejected material in an event named the “Great Eruption.” But traces of the eruption remain, and a timelapse has now been created by compiling 20 years of the space telescope’s data to showcase the dynamic environment…
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New Findings Show A Surprising Way Black Holes Could Affect Star Formation
Somewhere in the distant universe nearly 10 billion light years from Earth, an enormous black hole is spewing a powerful jet of energy that might be turbocharging star formation in galaxies a million light years from the source.
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Our Best Glimpse Yet Of A Triple Star System Being Born
Using the ALMA telescope, astronomers have captured an exceptionally clear image of a triple protostar system still in the early stages of development. The new image is providing fresh insights into multi-star systems and how they come into existence.