Across thousands of stellar nurseries in nearby galaxies, astronomers are learning that the birth of stars is also, paradoxically, the force that governs their own suppression or proliferation. A new study measuring stellar feedback pressures across 18,000 star-forming regions reveals that the energetic outbursts of young massive stars reshape their galactic neighborhoods in ways that differ dramatically depending on whether a galaxy lives quietly or burns at extremes. In the colliding galaxy NGC 3256, these pressures run a hundred times stronger than in galaxies like our own Milky Way — a fin
Phys.org
· Jun 17, 2026
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Young Stars' Intense Feedback Reshapes Galaxies Across the Universe
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