A Fluffy Disk Around a Baby Star

Artist’s rendition of the "fluffy" layer associated with the protoplanetary disk of RY Tau, including jets coming from the sta...

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Hubble Takes Movies of Space Slinky

Image :  This sequence of images, taken over a 13-year span by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, reveals changes in a black-hole-powere...

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New theory points to ‘zombie vortices’ as key step in star formation

Artist concept of a brown dwarf, spotted by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, surrounded by a spinning protoplanetary disk. UC Berkele...

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ALMA Takes Close Look at Drama of Starbirth

Starbirth Surprisingly Energetic: New Insights Into Protostars Stunning ALMA and NTT image of Newborn Sta r     Astronomers using t...

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M31: Black Hole Bonanza Turns up in Galaxy Next Door

Data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have been used to discover 26 black hole candidates in the Milky Way's galactic n...

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Dwarf Galaxy Caught Ramming Into a Large Spiral

Observations with Chandra have revealed a giant cloud of superheated gas in a galaxy about 60 million light years from Earth. (Credit: X-...

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Monster Galaxies Lose Their Appetite With Age

This image shows two of the galaxy clusters observed by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) and Spitzer Space Telescope...

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