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Using the Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers at NASA captured this colorful, breathtaking view of a portion of the Orion Nebula, revealing a great deal of cosmic chaos at this location. The nebula is located around 1,500 light-years from Earth.
Scientists used Spitzer because its infrared detectors can sense the ... |
11 April 2012
05:36 GMT |
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Using the online Milky Way Project, about 35,000 volunteers were able to discover more than 5,500 cosmic bubbles inside our galaxy, the Milky Way. The tool uses data provided by the NASA Spitzer Space Telescope, which surveys the sky in infrared wavelengths.
The people who participated in this endeavor were not nece... |
9 March 2012
10:24 GMT |
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A recent series of observations conducted using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope managed to reveal an interesting stellar grouping called R136 inside the 30 Doradus Nebula. The latter is a very large stellar nursery located in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC).
Together with the Small Magellanic Cloud, the LMC orb... |
8 March 2012
10:05 GMT |
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The galaxy Centaurus A was recently the object of a new scientific study conducted by astronomers using the NASA Hubble Space Telescope. The team was able to produce a panchromatic view of the galaxy's central areas, where blue stars are lighting up the formation from within.
They are producing a vibrant glow ... |
7 March 2012
09:16 GMT |
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Astronomers announce the discovery of cosmic gas clouds formed around supermassive black holes. These formations are not falling through the event horizon, as many expected, but rather are produced by the matter that should be consumed.
The reason this is interesting is that some of the matter that was supposed to ... |
29 February 2012
14:21 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new scientific study conducted by an international collaboration of astronomers, it would appear that the emergence of the first supermassive black holes was responsible for curbing intense stellar formation processes in the very first galaxies ever to develop.
The enormous behemot... |
27 January 2012
05:43 GMT |
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Investigators are slowly beginning to reshape their views of how stellar formation occurs, in light of new discoveries being made in nearby galaxies. Recent surveys show that new, blue stars can appear even in so-called galactic “death zones,” where such processes were once thought impossible.
The new d... |
16 January 2012
03:41 GMT |
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Experts operating the NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) spacecraft just released this amazing new vista of the Milky Way, covering more than 1,000 square degrees of the night sky, and depicting multiple stellar nurseries in our galaxy.
The photo reveals numerous hollowed-out regions of space, which as... |
11 January 2012
09:01 GMT |
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Before the Sun had planets and space rocks surrounding it on all sides, it formed inside a stellar cocoon that existed in a very chaotic stellar nursery. A similar scene was recently imaged with the NASA Spitzer Space Telescope, and the image shows an area that may soon spawn a Sun-like star.
The observations were ... |
11 January 2012
08:50 GMT |
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This amazing image reveals the Barnard 3 nebula in exquisite detail, as it appears in its entirety in the night sky. The object is located about 1,000 light-years away from the band of the Milky Way, and is considered to be a stellar nursery.
Objects such as these are rather common. However, Barnard 3 is special du... |
27 December 2011
03:06 GMT |
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NASA announces that experts operating its airborne observatory were recently able to produce an interesting new view of the Orion Nebula, which revealed the object's inner structure in close detail.
The work will be used to keep track of the tremendously complex distribution of stars, hydrogen gas and interste... |
20 December 2011
03:05 GMT |
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This image from the European Space Agency's (ESA) Planck telescope shows an overview of the Orion constellation, including the Horsehead Nebula and the Orion Nebula. The latter is visible to the lower center of the photo.
Located about 1,500 light-years away, the formation has captivated the imagination of ast... |
5 December 2011
04:35 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new scientific investigation conducted using the NASA Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, it would appear that stellar nurseries are one of the primary sources of cosmic rays in the Universe.
These radiations are comped mainly of protons, but also other types of subatomic particles. T... |
29 November 2011
02:54 GMT |
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Astronomers at the American space agency say that they've recently used the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) aircraft to conduct a series of scientific observations on the nature of the stellar nursery W40. This is one of the largest such structures in the entire galaxy.
The massive sta... |
22 November 2011
05:36 GMT |
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A team of German astronomers recently used a Chile-based telescope to scan the depths of the Carina Nebula in submillimeter wavelengths, and managed to identify the dust and gas clouds from which new stars are born inside the stellar nursery.
The Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) telescope is located on the Chaj... |
16 November 2011
07:07 GMT |
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The Milky Way may soon begin producing its final batch of stars, astronomers say. Large cloud of molecular hydrogen gas is heading its way, and it will make impact shortly. As this happens, the gas will stir up stellar formation, rejuvenating our old galaxy to some extent.
“We might be witnessing the final ... |
11 October 2011
06:06 GMT |
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Focusing on a region in the Milky Way about 2,400 light-years away from our planet, astronomers operating the NASA Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Spitzer Space Telescope were recently able to obtain a new, highly-detailed view of the stellar nursery Cepheus B.
This cloud of molecular hydrogen is producing young... |
6 October 2011
02:43 GMT |
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Astronomers operating the NASA Hubble Space Telescope were surprised to look at a photo of a normal dwarf galaxy, and see that it was actually spewing out numerous gas bubbles in its surroundings. This is the first time experts see such an event taking place.
The huge bubbles of gas can be seen glowing in the new... |
4 October 2011
10:43 GMT |
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The vast majority of new stars is born inside nebulae, massive formations that hide their creation from outside observers by shrouding the blue stars in massive volumes of billowing gas and dust. Now, experts manage to get a glimpse inside one such structure, without using infrared telescopes.
The latter are gener... |
29 September 2011
02:24 GMT |
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Astronomers have been observing cosmic structures known as stellar nurseries for a very long time, trying to figure out the intricate processes that lead to stellar formation. The basic mechanisms are already being exposed, although more subtle factors remain to be discovered.
The first and most important thing a... |
26 September 2011
02:58 GMT |
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In-depth studies of the Universe have revealed years ago that the overall rate of star formation peaked when the Cosmos was only a few billion years old. Since then, it has been in a steep decline, and a new study proposes that dark energy may somehow be responsible for this. When it comes to forming new stars &ndash... |
25 August 2011
16:01 GMT |
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One of the things that initiate the collapse of molecular hydrogen clouds into protostars is the fact that the massive structures exceed a critical density threshold. Astronomers call this limit the Jeans mass, and recently they discovered that some stars from outside the influence of this criterion.
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25 June 2011
04:12 GMT |
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Giant molecular clouds make up an extremely small portion of the interstellar medium, and yet they are mainly responsible for the creation of massive numbers of new stars. Recently, astronomers learned that these enormous structures can be destroyed by the very stars they create. The study determined that light emitt... |
7 June 2011
03:00 GMT |
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Using the MPG/ESO 2.2-meter telescope, astronomers were recently able to capture a new image of the impressive spiral galaxy NGC 6744, which lies relatively nearby. The object can be found about 30 million light-years, in the southern constellation of Pavo (The Peacock).A team of astronomers from the European Souther... |
1 June 2011
11:05 GMT |
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A recent investigation conducted using the Hubble Space Telescope has revealed an interesting phenomenon going on inside the cores of galaxies that everyone thought were inactive. New images indicate that stellar formation is taking place at those locations still.Messier 105 was one of the elliptical galaxies that wa... |
31 May 2011
05:52 GMT |
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Supernova blasts are well known for their ability to seed the Universe with heavy chemical elements such as iron. Recently, a new set of observations focused on the Carina Nebula revealed that the cosmic structure is producing numerous such events.
The blasts contribute to spreading the elements in the surrounding a... |
25 May 2011
02:24 GMT |
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In a recent series of observations, experts took a closer look at the central regions of the galaxy NGC 1097, and managed to gain a better understanding of the supermassive black hole that lies within.
The galaxy, which is located some 50 million light-years away, is protected from visible view by clouds of hydro... |
9 May 2011
02:22 GMT |
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An astronomical survey was recently able to discover three new water masers inside our galaxy, the Milky Way. One of the new batch of masers is arguably the fastest of its type ever discovered. It travels through space at around 350 kilometers per second, which is pretty fast for an object of its size. Another of the... |
18 April 2011
08:04 GMT |
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A group of astronomers from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) release a brand-new image of stellar nurseries located around NGC 371, a star cluster contained within a neighboring galaxy, the Small Magellanic Cloud.For this task, expert turned to the Very Large Telescope (VLT) ESO operated at the La Silla Observ... |
30 March 2011
11:01 GMT |
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Astronomers were recently able to catch a new view of a beautiful galaxy located relatively close to Earth, in the direction of the Sculptor Group. The object is called NGC 247, and it is inclined at a steep angle as viewed from our vantage point. The image was collected by experts with the European Southern Observat... |
2 March 2011
08:17 GMT |
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Astronomers with the European Southern Observatory (ESO) have just released a new image of the famous Orion Nebula, one of the most well-known structure in space. The star-forming region was observed using the MPG/ESO 2.2-meter telescope at the La Silla Observatory, in Chile. The Wide Field Imager (WFI) instrument pr... |
19 January 2011
18:01 GMT |
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Astronomers using the NASA Spitzer Space Telescope identified a peculiar structure lurking within the M17 nebula. Called M17 SWex, the formation is a dark dust cloud, which is apparently forming new stars at a frantic pace. Still, it has not yet produced O stars, the largest of them all. Observing this cloud would ha... |
18 January 2011
14:01 GMT |
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Astronomers with the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa say that they were recently able to collect new images of Hanny's Voorwerp (Object), using the NASA Hubble Space Telescope.
This particular structure, which looks like a massive blob of green gas floating through space, is one of the weirdest astronomer... |
12 January 2011
02:30 GMT |
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The Eagle Nebula is perhaps one of the most renowned structures in space. It was made famous by an image called “Pillars of Creation,” that was snapped by the Hubble Space Telescope more than a decade ago. Now, the observatory takes a new, in-depth look at the famous nebula. This cosmic formation is offic... |
5 January 2011
03:47 GMT |
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A team of astronomers analyzing our neighboring irregular galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), were recently able to determine that a structure located within its farthest reaches contains a heat source that is several thousand times more luminous than our Sun.The star at the core of our solar system is not a sm... |
30 December 2010
09:59 GMT |
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A team of experts has recently determined that massive stars, tens to hundred of times the mass of our own Sun, can form nearly everywhere, including in what astronomers would call isolation.
These conclusions belong to a new study carried out by astronomers at the University of Michigan in Ann Harbor, who looked ... |
21 December 2010
02:20 GMT |
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A group of scientists announces that they will soon launch the Milky Way project, an endeavor aimed at enlisting the help of the general public in cataloging some of the most peculiar structures in the Milky Way.
The initiative comes from the same experts that brought you the Galaxy Zoo and Moon Zoo projects, amon... |
8 December 2010
06:17 GMT |
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Most famously, the Cepheus constellation is home to the Bubble Nebula, and this is a widely known fact. However, it also contains a second nebula too, which lies right next to its more famous sibling. The emission and reflection nebula, called NGC 7538, was the object of a new study done recently.What makes this part... |
3 December 2010
04:16 GMT |
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For the most part, old galaxies tend to exhibit much lower rates of stellar formation that younger ones, and for obvious reasons. Yet it would appear that one particular galaxy identified by the Hubble Space Telescope didn't get the memo.While conducting investigations of the elliptical galaxy NGC 4150, the obse... |
30 November 2010
10:29 GMT |
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One of the last great standing mysteries in astronomy is galaxy and star formation. Experts are disassembling the issue in its components, and are currently focusing on what controls the formation of new stars. This work has recently made important progress.The rate at which new, blue stars form in essential for the ... |
27 November 2010
07:09 GMT |
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Scientists using an advanced telescope for infrared studies have recently determined the existence of the coreshine effect, a phenomenon that may yield fresh insight into how stars and exoplanets form. These cosmic structures are now known to develop inside very cold clouds of cosmic gas and dust, right at the core o... |
24 September 2010
02:08 GMT |
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Astronomers operating the Hubble Space Telescope recently captured a new view of the renowned Carina Nebula, one that shows the cosmic structures in a way no one has seen before. The formation, which is located an estimated 7,500 light-years away from our solar system, reveals impressive pillars of cosmic dust and hy... |
17 September 2010
08:21 GMT |
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For many years, the prevailing theory to explain how stars are born was that they develop inside stellar clusters, but a new paper that argues against this mainstream opinion has just been published.The work casts doubt as to whether all stars actually appear inside stellar nurseries, where conditions are ripe for th... |
10 September 2010
09:58 GMT |
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In a recent study, experts investigated the feedback mechanisms influencing stellar formation in the renowned Tarantula Nebula, a beautiful cosmic structure.When it comes to predicting how a molecular cloud in a stellar nursery behaves, experts rely on the Jeans Mass Criterion for predictions – but this approac... |
2 September 2010
04:59 GMT |
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A team of experts from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California, announces that the WISE telescope has recently snapped a new, impressively-detailed photo of the Rosette nebula.The beautiful cosmic structure is a stellar nursery located in the constellation Monoceros (the Unicorn), some 4,500... |
26 August 2010
02:24 GMT |
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Experts operating the NASA Chandra X-ray Observatory announce the discovery of an impressive galactic supervolcano, a structure that emits vast amounts of gas outwards from its location, and which looks as if it's currently erupting. The object was also observed by astronomers using the Very Large Array (VLA), a... |
19 August 2010
08:54 GMT |
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Experts operating the Hubble Space Telescope have recently snapped a series of new images of the impressive nebula IRAS 05437+2502, which looks more like a cosmic ghost than a stellar nursery.The object is very faint, and also very distant, all while covering an area of the sky equal to roughly one eighteenth of the ... |
19 August 2010
06:00 GMT |
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As young massive stars form from large clouds of interstellar gas and dust, they are capable of producing massive ripples through the space structures, which stir up the gas, promoting even further stellar formation.The conclusion belongs to a new scientific study, which showcases the example of a massive star that w... |
19 August 2010
05:16 GMT |
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The Hubble space telescope has been in Earth's orbit for more than 20 years. Over the years, it captured impressive views of the Universe that were later to become iconic images, present in classrooms throughout the world. After five service missions to repair it, the observatory is currently working at peak cap... |
23 June 2010
13:01 GMT |
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Until now, astronomers thought they had a fairly clear comprehension of how stars moved across the sky. They believed that studies had evidenced most of the traits associated with this section of celestial mechanics, and this is precisely why the conclusions of a new study, only recently published, puzzled them consi... |
2 June 2010
11:00 GMT |
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