Astronomers from the Steward Observatory in Arizona and elsewhere report the discovery of a structure consisting of a quasi-stellar object (QSO) and a dusty star-forming galaxy (DSFG), linked by a ...

How supermassive black holes form is even more elusive. Astrophysicists believe these invisible giants lurk at the center of ...

A star about 1,360 light-years away from Earth, named FU Orionis, is twice as hot as astronomers previously suspected, according to recent data from the Hubble Space Telescope. In fact ...

Globular Cluster NGC 1466: This image from the Hubble Space Telescope reveals an ancient, glimmering ball of stars called NGC 1466. Twinkling Open Cluster NGC 2002: A twinkling group of stars ...

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JWST’s MIRI reveals star-forming regions in Sombrero Galaxy The galaxy produces less than one solar mass of stars yearly Located 30 million light-years away in Virgo constellation ...

part of the constellation Scorpius A few young stars shine through dense clouds of gas and dust in the Orion Nebula’s Trapezium embedded cluster, 1,500 light-years from Earth This striking Hubble ...

JWST explores Westerlund 1, revealing key stellar details New images shed light on planet formation in star clusters Brown dwarfs detected in the massive Westerlund 1 cluster ...

有數個至今仍使用中的太空探測器其任務相當重要的一部分就是星震學： 恒星微变和振荡望远镜（英语：MOST (satellite)）（Microvariability and Oscillations of STars telescope，MOST）：加拿大太空局於2003年發射的太空望遠鏡，第一個致力於星震學的太空探測器。 南河三 ...

"Thus, we will be able to determine the true content of the cluster and to measure properties such as the mass distribution of its stars." The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) also offers ...

Legendary Active Galaxy Contains a Monster Black Hole Amateur astronomers can observe an extraordinary celestial object known as 3C 273, the most distant target visible through a standard backyard ...