In a groundbreaking study published on April 30, 2025, in Popular Science, astronomers from the exoALMA project have captured ...

"It's like trying to spot a fish by looking for ripples in a pond, rather than trying to see the fish itself." ...

One of the most famous images ever taken by the Hubble Space Telescope depicts the ... and is formed of cold hydrogen gas with new stars being born amongst the clouds of the nebula.

Stars are born ... Webb Space Telescope It's not clear whether gravity alone is enough to make stars coalesce from a molecular cloud, or whether more of an impetus is required, such as being ...

This huge Hubble Space Telescope mosaic, spanning a width of 600 light-years, shows a star factory of more the 800,000 stars being born. The stars are embedded inside the Tarantula Nebula.

Within galaxies, as stars were being born, others died ... and iron into interstellar space. Explosions of especially massive stars also create and distribute heavier elements such as gold ...

ALMA observations of carbon monoxide emission from 15 protoplanetary disks reveal a stunning variety of gas structures, including gaps, rings and spirals.

Credit: Richard Teague and the exoALMA Collaboration Using ALMA, Teague's team captured images of 15 young star systems sprinkled in space between ... the disks they're born in," Teague said.A ...