Magnetic fields manage a black hole’s feeding time

Magnetic fields have been seen to manipulate the material surrounding a black hole by observing the nearby galaxy Cygnus A

Astronomers hunt for stars inside the Tarantula Nebula

By using the stratospheric observatory SOFIA, researchers hope to see the birth of massive stars outside our Milky Way

How astronomers analysed star formation in a galaxy’s nucleus

With all that gas in the galactic nucleus, shouldn’t stars be made faster?

Flying observatory uncovers a younger version of our Solar System

A planetary system suspected to be similar to our own has been found just 10.5 light years away

Astronomers think they may have worked out how massive stars form

The strongest evidence yet that the formation of hefty stars follow a path similar to their lower-mass cousins has been found

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