The Sun generates energy through nuclear fusion, converting some 600 million tons of hydrogen into helium every second. This ...

The molecular cloud was detected 300 light-years from Earth, closer than any other similar, star-forming clouds. - Thomas Müller (HdA/MPIA)/Thavisha Dharmawardena (NYU) An invisible molecular cloud ...

An international team of astronomers has created the first-ever large-scale maps of a mysterious form of matter, known as ...

The cloud, named Eos, is chock-full of molecular hydrogen and possibly rife with star-forming potential in the future. By Katrina Miller Stars and planets are born inside swirling clouds of cosmic gas ...

To understand how the universe was formed and how we got here, ancient stars are some of the best objects to study — yet astronomers know surprisingly little about the conditions in which they were ...

Astronomers have detected a previously unknown giant molecular cloud (GMC) at the midpoint of the Galactic Bar Dust Lanes using spectral line observations taken with the Green Bank Telescope (GBT).

4.5 billion years ago the Sun was formed in a swirling cloud of dust and gas called the Solar Nebula. In a paper published by Nature Astronomy journal on April 28th, a team of internationally ...

A team of scientists has found a way to slow energy leaks that have impeded the use of tiny nanocrystals in light-driven ...

Saturn is the second largest planet in our solar system and has a characteristic ring. Researchers have now synthesized a molecular 'nano-Saturn'. It consists of a spherical C(60) fullerene as the ...

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