Cloud Composition Clouds are a fascinating part of our sky, made up of countless tiny water droplets or ice crystals. When ...

“The data indicates that the youngest stars form in filaments of gas,” Loeb said. “Subsequently the gas cools and fragments into later generations of stars in less filamentary structures. This ...

(Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Tokuda et al., ESA/Herschel) The song “Little Fluffy Clouds” was a breakout hit during the dawn of techno music. Turns out, it may also be an apt description of stellar ...

When you're up in the air, looking at the white fluffy clouds, you may wonder about the science of it all. But there are some other practical questions that often pop up when we're on a plane.

Researchers found that 40% of molecular clouds in the Small Magellanic Cloud are 'fluffy', offering new insights into early star formation. Stars form in regions of space known as stellar nurseries, ...

ALMA 0.1 pc View of Molecular Clouds Associated with High-mass Protostellar Systems in the Small Magellanic Cloud: Are Low-metallicity Clouds Filamentary or Not? The Astrophysical Journal , 2025 ...