Astronomers discover new giant molecular cloud in the Milky Way
Using the Green Bank Telescope (GBT), astronomers have detected a new giant molecular cloud in the Milky Way galaxy. The ...
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Unseen giant molecular cloud detected 23,000 light-years away in the Milky Way
Astronomers have detected a previously unknown giant molecular cloud (GMC) at the midpoint of the Galactic Bar Dust Lanes ...
Water Formed Much Sooner After the Big Bang Than We Thought, Scientists Say—Which May Mean Life Did, Too
Primordial supernovae got the ball rolling a quick hundred million years or so after the start of the universe.
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Some baby stars in ancient stellar nurseries were born in 'fluffy' cosmic blankets
"Even today, our understanding of star formation is still developing; comprehending how stars formed in the earlier universe is even more challenging." ...
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"We've Been Wrong For A Long Time": Protoplanetary Disks Are Much Smaller Than We Thought
The smallest disk identified, meanwhile, stretched to just 0.6 AU – closer to the star than the Earth is to the Sun.
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Hubble Telescope spies star-forming cocoons in neighboring galaxy (photo)
This type of cluster typically contains a few dozen to a few thousand relatively young stars from the same giant molecular ...
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Mysterious interstellar icy objects
Additionally, if a previously undetected molecular cloud were present in the direction of these objects, it would appear as spatially extended gas emissions in carbon monoxide. However ...
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Astronomers Spot a New Giant Molecular Cloud in the Milky Way, 23,000 Light Years Away
Astronomers have discovered a new giant molecular cloud (GMC) in the Milky Way, a finding that has expanded our understanding ...