SYFY WIRE Explore The LatestMoviesTVGamesComicsInterviewsBad Astronomy All Posts Tagged star formation 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 | 3 weeks 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 | 3 weeks 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 | 2 months ago Surprisingly high fraction of dead galaxies found in ancient galactic city What's killing these extremely distant galaxies? By Phil Plait | 2 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 | 3 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 | 5 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 | 5 months ago Star trespassing on another star’s territory might tell us what happened in the early solar system A star went way up in brightness after colliding with a protoplanetary disc, and now it won't go away. By Elizabeth Rayne | 6 months ago We’re seeing a galaxy as it was just after the dawn of the universe, and it has water The most massive galaxy that existed in the early universe has the oldest water molecules in the universe. By Elizabeth Rayne | 7 months ago Space volcanoes erupting in black holes? Sort of… Gaseous bubbles from black holes can burst, leaving behind filaments that seem to come from a smoking volcano. By Elizabeth Rayne | 8 months ago Load More
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 | 3 weeks 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 | 3 weeks 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 | 2 months ago
Surprisingly high fraction of dead galaxies found in ancient galactic city What's killing these extremely distant galaxies? By Phil Plait | 2 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 | 3 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 | 5 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 | 5 months ago
Star trespassing on another star’s territory might tell us what happened in the early solar system A star went way up in brightness after colliding with a protoplanetary disc, and now it won't go away. By Elizabeth Rayne | 6 months ago
We’re seeing a galaxy as it was just after the dawn of the universe, and it has water The most massive galaxy that existed in the early universe has the oldest water molecules in the universe. By Elizabeth Rayne | 7 months ago
Space volcanoes erupting in black holes? Sort of… Gaseous bubbles from black holes can burst, leaving behind filaments that seem to come from a smoking volcano. By Elizabeth Rayne | 8 months ago
