Some young suns align with their planet-forming disks, others are born tilted
Artist's rendering of a young star surrounded by its protoplanetary disk, with elements furnished by NASA's Hubble Telescope. Credit: University...
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Strange dwarf pulsars proposed as source of ultra-long-period radio transients
The death valley of strange dwarf pulsars in the magnetic-field—period diagram. Credit: ZHOU Xia Researchers led by Prof. Zhou Xia...
Cloud–cloud collision sparks active star formation in Milky Way
The distribution of the two colliding molecular clouds (with blue and red indicating the blue-shifted and red-shifted clouds, respectively) and...
Deep-sky survey detects an X-ray emitting pair of galaxies
RGB composite image of galaxies UDF3 and UDF3-2. Credit: arXiv (2025). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2507.23230 By conducting multiwavelength observations with various telescopes...
Ultraviolet light uncovers evidence of rare white dwarf star merger
Illustration depicting the hot stellar merger that formed the ultra-massive white dwarf -WD 0525+526. Credit: Dr. Snehalata Sahu/University of Warwick...
Lunar photobioreactors could provide food and oxygen on the moon
Images of the PBRs being tested for use on the Moon. Credit: Acta Astronautica (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2025.07.033 Astronauts exploring the...
Deep view of Abell 3667 illuminates the past of a galaxy cluster and the future of astronomical imaging
Abell 3667—an actively merging galaxy cluster—is featured in this image assembled from over 28 hours of observations with the 570-megapixel...
Supergiant star’s gigantic bubble surprises scientists
The vast bubble around red supergiant star DFK 52, imaged by Alma. Red colours indicate gas moving away from us,...
Sweeping survey maps hundreds of satellite systems orbiting dwarf galaxies
A Dartmouth-led survey identified more than 300 candidate satellite galaxies orbiting low-mass star systems known as dwarf galaxies. Pictured are...
Baby star sets off explosion, gets caught in blast
Artist's impression of a protoplanetary disk distorted by a shock front created by an expanding bubble. Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), M....
