In the swirling clouds of gas and dust that surround newborn stars, planets begin to form. These planet-forming disks are rich with clues about how worlds like Earth come to be. Until now, scientists ...

This gas led to the formation of stars and expansion of galaxies during the early stages of the Universe. A new study by an ...

Star formation is a fundamental physical process in our universe. Stars light up the cosmos, and give rise to planets, some of which may support life. While humans have no doubt wondered about stars ...

Stars form in regions of space known as stellar nurseries, where high concentrations of gas and dust coalesce to form a baby star. Also called molecular clouds, these regions of space can be massive, ...

Molecular clouds are composed of gas and dust and serve a vital purpose in star formation. Eos, a crescent-shaped gas cloud, is located about 300 light years away from Earth and is the size of 40 ...

Molecular clouds constitute the principal reservoirs of cold, dense gas in the Milky Way, with masses ranging from tens to millions of solar masses. Predominantly composed of molecular hydrogen, they ...

Molecular clouds are vast reservoirs of cold gas in which stars form through a complex interplay of supersonic turbulence, self-gravity, magnetic fields and stellar feedback. Turbulent motions within ...

Astronomers have detected a daily weather cycle on a distant gas giant where clouds made of rock minerals form each morning ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising force that may help explain how binary star systems form so quickly. New supercomputer ...

Clouds form when water vapor—an invisible gas in the atmosphere—sticks to tiny floating particles, such as dust, and turns into liquid water droplets or ice crystals. In a newly published study, we ...