A study led by Paolo Padoan, ICREA research professor at the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona ...

"SPT2349-56 is a system so extraordinary that we may have caught one of the most massive clusters under formation at a very ...

Understanding the formation of stars together with their subsequent evolution and identifying the physical processes that ...

"Now, for the first time, we are seeing directly that strong magnetic fields may play an important role in suppressing star formation, even at small scales." Detailed study of stars in this ...

Additionally, NGC 4941 hosts an active galactic nucleus with a supermassive black hole, which affects its surroundings through radiation and jets, impacting star formation and galaxy evolution.

This vast reservoir of cool molecular gas is found in the protocluster known as SPT2349-56, located 12 billion light-years away, and could power an intense burst of star formation in the baby ...