Observations made with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have revealed for the first time that…
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Star Formation Project Maps Nearby Interstellar Clouds
Astronomers have captured new, detailed maps of three nearby interstellar gas clouds containing regions of…
The Strange Orbits of ‘Tatooine’ Planetary Disks
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have found striking orbital geometries in protoplanetary…
New Argument Presented to Highlight the Axion Nature of Dark Matter
According to the hypothesis, axionic dark matter, provoking structural rearrangement in compact stars with a…
ALMA Catches Beautiful Outcome of Stellar Fight
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), in which ESO is a partner, have…
Astronomers Discover Unusual Monster Galaxy in the Very Early Universe
An international team of astronomers led by scientists at the University of California, Riverside, has…
The Core of Massive Dying Galaxies Already Formed 1.5 Billion Years After the Big Bang
Astrophysics, Galaxies: The most distant dying galaxy discovered so far, more massive than our Milky…
The Milky Way’s Impending Galactic Collision Is Already Birthing New Stars
The outskirts of the Milky Way are home to the galaxy’s oldest stars. But astronomers…
New Map of Milky Way Reveals Giant Wave of Stellar Nurseries
Astronomers at Harvard University have discovered a monolithic, wave-shaped gaseous structure – the largest ever…
Stars Need a Partner to Spin Universe’s Brightest Explosions
When it comes to the biggest and brightest explosions seen in the Universe, University of…
