Measuring the energy of hot gas within a remote group of galaxies reinforces the importance of giant black holes in forming ...
Stars and planets are inextricably linked. They form together and stars shape the fate of planets. Stars create the dusty ...
Webb reveals a bridge of stars linking two nearby dwarf galaxies, offering a look at how gravity reshapes galaxies and sparks ...
A team using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered a new type of astronomical object—a starless, gas-rich, ...
Hubble reveals a chaotic spiral galaxy whose close encounter with a neighbor has ignited a spectacular burst of star birth.
Through Carnegie Mellon University’s Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program, junior physics major Joao Passos is studying brown dwarfs — objects bigger than planets but smaller than stars — ...
The black hole appears far too massive for its host galaxy, placing it in a rare category of “overmassive” black holes.