astrobites

Chaos before Shining Stars

Colliding gas clouds are believed to be the nurseries of baby stars. Could we tell observationally whether a cloud has experienced collisions?

Stars and gas waltz across galactic nuclei as star formation proceeds. Let’s see how well they dance!

Super star clusters are the superstars in astronomy. Do we know how they come to be?

After learning about galaxy formation, computers can imitate millions of hours of calculations in just a few minutes.

Supermassive stars may be the seeds of supermassive black holes. But where and how do these seeds form?