Stars emerge from vast regions of gas and dust known as molecular clouds. These stellar nurseries, often spanning hundreds of light-years, serve as the birthplace of countless stars, including those ...

"Even today, our understanding of star formation is still developing; comprehending how stars formed in the earlier universe is even more challenging." ...

Researchers have found that stars in the early universe may have formed from 'fluffy' molecular clouds. Using the ALMA telescope to observe the Small Magellanic Cloud -- whose environment is similar ...