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    Astronomers map 100,000 star nurseries

    Jul 08, 2021 2 minutes
    Words by Ben Turner

    tellar nurseries, the cauldrons of gas and dust where stars are forged, are far more diverse than astronomers first thought. Astronomers at the Physics at High Angular Resolution in Nearby Galaxies (PHANGS) project have systematically charted more than 100,000 nurseries across 90 galaxies, finding that each one

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