SYFY WIRE Explore The LatestMoviesTVGamesComicsInterviewsBad Astronomy All Posts Tagged star formation Multiple stars like being born in chaos Dense and turbulent stellar nurseries make more binary stars. By Phil Plait | 1 week 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 | 2 weeks 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 | 3 weeks 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 | 2 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 | 2 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 | 4 months ago Surprisingly high fraction of dead galaxies found in ancient galactic city What's killing these extremely distant galaxies? By Phil Plait | 4 months ago Follow-up: ORCs are weird, huge, and still mysterious circles in space Odd Radio Circles may be millions of light-years across. By Phil Plait | 4 months ago An enormous black hole is blasting out chaos and… acting as a midwife for stars? Huge black hole is actually helping stars be born. By Phil Plait | 6 months ago There is a monster named Maggie lurking in the galaxy Maggie is 3,900 light years long and could be a future breeding ground for stars. By Elizabeth Rayne | 7 months ago Load More
Multiple stars like being born in chaos Dense and turbulent stellar nurseries make more binary stars. By Phil Plait | 1 week 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 | 2 weeks 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 | 3 weeks 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 | 2 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 | 2 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 | 4 months ago
Surprisingly high fraction of dead galaxies found in ancient galactic city What's killing these extremely distant galaxies? By Phil Plait | 4 months ago
Follow-up: ORCs are weird, huge, and still mysterious circles in space Odd Radio Circles may be millions of light-years across. By Phil Plait | 4 months ago
An enormous black hole is blasting out chaos and… acting as a midwife for stars? Huge black hole is actually helping stars be born. By Phil Plait | 6 months ago
There is a monster named Maggie lurking in the galaxy Maggie is 3,900 light years long and could be a future breeding ground for stars. By Elizabeth Rayne | 7 months ago
