One of the most notable baby stars in the galaxy, T Tauri, could be about to vanish from sight for decades as a thick, ...
Dr. Michelle Thaller showcased the James Webb Space Telescope’s breathtaking image of a 100,000-year-old protostar. Enveloped in gas and dust, the protostar’s hourglass shape, vibrant clouds, and ...
The observational campaign, detailed in a paper published Dec. 9 on the arXiv preprint server, delivers important insights into the protostar's disk and jet system. Protostars, also known as young ...
Glimpse Into the Orion Nebula The Hubble Space Telescope’s latest Picture of the Week offers a stunning glimpse into the ...
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image peers into the dusty recesses of the nearest massive star-forming region to Earth, ...
The gravitational collapse of rotating, denser-than-average "cores" within a molecular cloud results in the creation of a central protostar surrounded by a flattened spinning disk of gaseous material, ...
You can't actually see the glow from the protostar itself because it's hidden within a dense, spinning disc of gas and dust. All you get are the pinky-red jets that it's shooting out in polar ...
In a stunning revelation, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has peered into the cosmic cradle of star formation, capturing an extraordinary view of young ...
Witness the breathtaking beauty of the Orion Nebula, where two young stars, HOPS 150 and HOPS 153, shine bright amidst cosmic ...