Chinese astronomers discover 591 high-velocity stars with LAMOST and Gaia A research team, led by astronomers from National Astronomical Observatories of Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC), has discovered 591 high velocity stars based on data […]
How nearby galaxies form their stars Stars are born in dense clouds of molecular hydrogen gas that permeates interstellar space of most galaxies. While the physics of star formation is complex, recent years have seen […]
A pair of lonely planet-like objects born like stars An international research team led by the University of Bern has discovered an exotic binary system composed of two young planet-like objects, orbiting around each other […]
Ten times more hyper-luminous galaxies observed than stars can produce A team of astronomers led by SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research has observed 10 times more hyper-luminous galaxies in the infrared than stars can […]
Building blocks of life can form long before stars An international team of scientists have shown that glycine, the simplest amino acid and an important building block of life, can form under the harsh conditions […]
The Milky Way makes little galaxies bloom, then snuffs them out. Dwarf spheroidal galaxies light up with newborn stars when first approaching our galaxy If you’re a small galaxy and want to mint new stars, […]