Astronomers using ALMA have captured the first direct observation of gas drifting inward within a prestellar core—the slow motion that signals the birth of a new star. This cosmic ‘drift’ rewrites our understanding of star formation.
Astronomers discover a calm gas filament near the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole, where stars are forming despite extreme turbulence. A quiet island in a cosmic storm.
NASA’s Hubble captures a stunning crimson nebula NGC 1333, sparkling with white and blue stars. A window into star formation and our cosmic origins.
New research identifies black hole mergers as the cause of massive galaxies that formed stars rapidly then abruptly stopped, solving a long-standing cosmic mystery.