Stars form in regions of space known as stellar nurseries, where high concentrations of gas and dust coalesce to form a baby ...

New evidence suggests that conditions in the early universe may have shaped star formation in surprising ways.

The Small Magellanic Cloud, a neighboring galaxy, holds secrets now revealed by the James Webb Space Telescope. Learn how JWST’s cutting-edge technology has uncovered breathtaking details.

The large and small Magellanic Clouds. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of ...

A far infrared image of the Small Magellanic Cloud as observed by the European Space Agency's (ESA) Herschel Space Observatory. Circles indicate the positions observed by the ALMA telescope ...

The Large Magellanic Cloud is a dwarf galaxy so close to the Milky Way that it is visible to the naked eye from Earth's Southern Hemisphere. Together with the Small Magellanic Cloud, it is one of ...

ABSTRACT We have derived far‐ultraviolet extinction curves for stars in the Galaxy, LMC, and SMC from spectra of pairs of stars observed with the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) ...

Researchers found that 40% of molecular clouds in the Small Magellanic Cloud are 'fluffy', offering new insights into early star formation. Stars form in regions of space known as stellar nurseries, ...

Using the ALMA telescope to observe the Small Magellanic Cloud -- whose environment is similar to the early universe -- they observed that about 60% of the observed clouds had the common ...