A nebula that neighbors the Milky Way galaxy happens to be a powerhouse of forging stars, "a bouquet of thousands of stars in ...
A new study shows that black holes consume gas which creates an outburst that cools nearby gas for the black hole to consume again.
The centers of galaxy clusters contain the universe’s most ... as a bright white dot surrounded by patches and filaments of ...
The European Southern Observatory (ESO) has released a stunning 80 million-pixel image of the star cluster RCW 38, as captured by ESO's Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA), ...
RCW 38 lies approximately 5,500 light-years away in the constellation Vela. Unlike many star clusters that appear as simple ...
Doradus 30, also known as 30 Doradus or the Tarantula Nebula, is a massive star-forming region located in the Large ...
Black holes can actively regulate the material they consume, using powerful jets of gas blasted into space, according to a ...
These black holes feed on surrounding gas, releasing powerful jets that cool the gas and form filaments The universe's most massive black holes fuel themselves by cooling gas around them ...
Orange and red flows on the top and left of the image show spots where material from the exploding star is smashing into gas and dust in the surrounding area. Inside this shell are bright pink ...