A Galaxy's Slow Death by a Thousand Cuts Revealed by Webb
Astronomers have discovered a young galaxy being slowly starved by its central black hole in a process described as a "death by a thousand cuts."
#James Webb Space Telescope#Black Hole#Galaxy
#ALMA Telescope
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Cosmic 'Tree Rings' Reveal Star's Violent Birth
Astronomers have discovered over 400 cosmic 'tree rings' around a young star, providing the first direct evidence of how stars grow through violent outbursts.
#Astronomy#Star Formation#Astrophysics
Unseen Planet May Be Shaping Fomalhaut's Debris Ring
New research using ALMA data suggests an unseen planet, potentially 1-16 times Earth's mass, is gravitationally sculpting the debris disk around the star Fomalhaut.
#Fomalhaut#Exoplanets#Astrophysics
Water in Distant Star System Is Older Than Its Sun
New research on the V883 Orionis star system shows its water is older than the star itself, suggesting Earth's water may also predate the sun.
#Astronomy#Space#V883 Orionis