Science news articles about 'interstellar clouds'

  • University of Georgia researchers show component of mothballs is present in deep-space clouds

    ... is responsible for the production of molecular hydrogen from its atoms, which is the principal component of interstellar clouds. Other chemical processes taking place on the surface of dust grains ...
  • A molecular thermometer for the distant universe

    ... even more remote quasar [2]. “Quasars are here only used as a beacon in the very distant Universe. Interstellar clouds of gas in galaxies, located between the quasars and us on the same line of sight, ...
  • Stellar still births

    ... Argelander Institute explains. 'According to this both brown dwarfs and stars ought to emerge from interstellar clouds of gas which become concentrated because of the attraction of their mass. But if ...
  • Astronomers unveiling life's cosmic origins

    ... tools coming in the next few years, we're on the verge of learning how the chemistry of the interstellar clouds, the young stars and their environments, and the disks from which planets are formed is ...
  • Birth of a star predicted

    ... 400 light years away. Nebulae are interstellar clouds of dust and gas located within ... density show that B68 is a cold gas cloud with a mass equivalent to that of two suns, but that there is another ...
  • The trilogy is complete -- GigaGalaxy Zoom Phase 3

    ... to five thousand light-years away towards the constellation of Sagittarius (the Archer). The nebula is a giant interstellar cloud, 100 light-years across, where stars are forming. The scattered dark ...
  • IBEX satellite finds ribbon-like structure at edge of heliosphere

    ... reveal fundamental properties of the heliosheath but also provide key information about the properties of the interstellar cloud through which our galaxy is moving. We will be moving out of the cloud ...

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