The SOFIA observatory took to the skies to photograph the dense cloud of gas lit up by stars forming within
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Winds and magnetic fields can align to create stars at ridiculous rate
NASA’s airborne observatory has shown how galactic winds and magnetic fields could explain why the Cigar Galaxy is creating stars at an impressive rate
Astronomy
NIGHT SKY: See a bright comet make a close flyby this Sunday
On 16 Sunday December, comet 46P/Wirtanen will make one of the 10 closest approaches of Earth in 70 years – and you may even be able to see it without a telescope
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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
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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
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How astronomers analysed star formation in a galaxy’s nucleus
With all that gas in the galactic nucleus, shouldn’t stars be made faster?
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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
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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