SYFY WIRE Explore The LatestMoviesTVGamesComicsInterviewsBad Astronomy All Posts Tagged star formation A plasma-spewing black hole is killing a neighboring galaxy's ability to make stars This is the real star killer. By Cassidy Ward | 4 weeks ago NASA captures the whole universe in illuminating decade-long timelapse Play that again. By Cassidy Ward | 1 month ago JWST reveals stunning new view of the Pillars of Creation The name was given both for the pillar-like shape, and also for the creative action happening inside. By Cassidy Ward | 1 month ago Multiple stars like being born in chaos Dense and turbulent stellar nurseries make more binary stars. By Phil Plait | 3 months ago In the early Universe, dark galaxies swarmed They were dark on the outside, but broiling star-forming chaos on the inside. By Phil Plait | 3 months ago Blue blobs turn out to be orphan star clusters made of gas cast-off from galaxies Stripped gas condenses to form massive blue stars. By Phil Plait | 4 months ago A huge star forming in the galactic center had a close encounter with another star Nosy neighbor induces spirals in a newly forming star’s disk. By Phil Plait | 5 months ago Astronomers find a treasure trove of black holes in small galaxies Dwarf galaxies have active black holes hiding in plain sight. By Phil Plait | 5 months ago What can the oldest star ever seen tell us about how stars were born? Earendel, the furthest known star from Earth, could reveal secrets of star formation. By Elizabeth Rayne | 7 months ago Surprisingly high fraction of dead galaxies found in ancient galactic city What's killing these extremely distant galaxies? By Phil Plait | 7 months ago Load More
A plasma-spewing black hole is killing a neighboring galaxy's ability to make stars This is the real star killer. By Cassidy Ward | 4 weeks ago
NASA captures the whole universe in illuminating decade-long timelapse Play that again. By Cassidy Ward | 1 month ago
JWST reveals stunning new view of the Pillars of Creation The name was given both for the pillar-like shape, and also for the creative action happening inside. By Cassidy Ward | 1 month ago
Multiple stars like being born in chaos Dense and turbulent stellar nurseries make more binary stars. By Phil Plait | 3 months ago
In the early Universe, dark galaxies swarmed They were dark on the outside, but broiling star-forming chaos on the inside. By Phil Plait | 3 months ago
Blue blobs turn out to be orphan star clusters made of gas cast-off from galaxies Stripped gas condenses to form massive blue stars. By Phil Plait | 4 months ago
A huge star forming in the galactic center had a close encounter with another star Nosy neighbor induces spirals in a newly forming star’s disk. By Phil Plait | 5 months ago
Astronomers find a treasure trove of black holes in small galaxies Dwarf galaxies have active black holes hiding in plain sight. By Phil Plait | 5 months ago
What can the oldest star ever seen tell us about how stars were born? Earendel, the furthest known star from Earth, could reveal secrets of star formation. By Elizabeth Rayne | 7 months ago
Surprisingly high fraction of dead galaxies found in ancient galactic city What's killing these extremely distant galaxies? By Phil Plait | 7 months ago
