Falling into the web! 🕸️ Fly to the Orion Nebula, located 1350 light-years away and the nearest region of massive star formation to Earth. But what are those wispy, web-like structures seen in the final image?  🔭 1/2

Discover it: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1809/ 2/2 Video by ESO, N. Risinger, H. Drass, A. Hacar, ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO). Music by Johan B. Monell.

ALMA Reveals Inner Web of Stellar Nursery

New data from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and other telescopes have been used to create this stunning image showing a web of filaments in the Orion Nebula. These features appear red-hot and fiery in this dramatic picture, but in reality are so cold that astronomers must u...

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The findings expose the complex relationship of star-forming regions with their environment and suggest that the #OrionNebula has been shaped by multiple episodes of stellar feedback rather than a single expanding bubble. Find out more about this in the University of Vienna's press release: ⤵️ 🔍

The ghost in Orion's shell

New radio observations reveal hidden structures around the Orion Nebula

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A new ESO study has found devastating consequences for astronomy from these current plans. #ChasingStarlight host Suzanna Randall has sat down with Olivier Hainaut, author of the study, to discuss the findings 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJNw... 🔭 🧪 ☄️ #DarkSkies 2/2

Webb unveils young stars across every stage of formation in this spectacular view from the Orion Molecular Clouds. Explore the image to spot: 🛜 shockwaves from hidden protostars 🥏 protoplanetary discs and 🌟 large, bright stars 🔭 🧪 1/2

Gute Nacht Forschung #UnisRetten

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Unis rufen zu Demos gegen Kürzungen auf‼️ Die Unis befürchten Einsparungen von einer Mrd. Euro im #Budget. Rektorensprecherin Brigitte Hütter sprach bei einer Pressekonferenz von einem "Supergau" für Unis, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft. Rektor Schütze sprach von enormen Schaden für die Reputation. ⤵️

Budget - Unis rufen zu Demos gegen Kürzungen auf

Rektor Schütze:

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Ein internationales Team unter Beteiligung von Sylvia Ploeckinger von der Universität Wien entwickelte mit COLIBRE eine neue Sammlung kosmologischer Simulationen: Die virtuellen Universen bieten das bisher realistischste Bild der Galaxienentstehung und -entwicklung seit nahezu Anbeginn der Zeit. ⤵️🔭🌌

Die kalte und staubige Seite der Galaxienentstehung

Neue Simulationen bestätigen kosmologisches Standardmodell – COLIBRE macht Galaxien-Entwicklung auch hörbar

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To mark the February 11, the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, some of the numerous skilled, committed and inspiring women working as scientists at the Faculty of Earth Sciences, Geography and Astronomy @univie.ac.at present themselves in a multifaceted photo collage.

📣 Reminder: E-STEEM Call 👩‍🔬 Deadline: 📅2 March 2026, 14:00 CET The University of Vienna awards at least 20 four-year and full-time (40h/week) #postdoctoral positions to outstanding female scientists in natural sciences, life sciences & economics #AcademicSky #STEM Find all information here: ⤵️

Iberian AtLAST Days — 4–5 June 2026 — Universidad Complutense de Madrid Calling all astronomers, instrument builders, and data scientists in Spain and Portugal! Join us to kick off community engagement around AtLAST, the future 50m class (sub‑)mm telescope. www.atlast.uio.no/news-and-eve...

Iberian AtLAST days 2026 - AtLAST

This event will bring together the Spanish and Portuguese (sub-)mm communities to foster scientific and technical synergies around the future AtLAST facility.

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Iberian AtLAST Days — 4–5 Junio 2026 ¡Buscamos astrónom@s y constructor@s de instrumentación astronómica de España/Portugal! Ayúdanos a hacer comunidad en torno a #AtLAST, el futuro telescopio sub-mm de 50m diseñado para transformar nuestra visión del Cosmos. www.atlast.uio.no/news-and-eve...

Iberian AtLAST days 2026 - AtLAST

This event will bring together the Spanish and Portuguese (sub-)mm communities to foster scientific and technical synergies around the future AtLAST facility.

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Iberian AtLAST Days — 4–5 junho 2026 — Universidad Complutense de Madrid Chamamos astrónom@s, construtor@s de instrumentação e cientistas de dados de Portugal e Espanha! Vamos criar comunidade em torno do #AtLAST, o futuro telescópio sub-mm de 50 m. www.atlast.uio.no/news-and-eve...

Iberian AtLAST days 2026 - AtLAST

This event will bring together the Spanish and Portuguese (sub-)mm communities to foster scientific and technical synergies around the future AtLAST facility.

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The Star Formation Newsletter is back! @joaoalves.bsky.social starformationnews.org/editorials/2...

We-are-back - 2026 - Editorials - The Star Formation Newsletter

Since its founding in 1992, The Star Formation Newsletter has been the premier way to keep up with new research in star and planet formation.

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20 Postdoc positions for female researchers at University of Vienna: careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e... You can find several potential mentors for Astronomy candidates: careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e... #univie

This week I'm at @stellarorigins2025.bsky.social! Will try and post some of the talks and results I see It's really cool to see astro conferences using Bluesky! #stellarorigins2025 🔭☄️

Next monday the Stellar Origins conference starts. Have an eye on our social events as well. For young researchers in particular, there will be an event on tuesday evening. Check out our website for more information: stellarorigins2025.univie.ac.at/social/

T-17! To make the wait go by a bit faster, check out the many interesting poster contributions. The best two posters at the conference will be awarded with a poster prize and an invitation to a contributed talk 🔭 #stellarorigins2025 stellarorigins2025.univie.ac.at/posters/

In two weeks, the Stellar Origins 2025 conference starts in Vienna! Check out the programme 👉 stellarorigins2025.univie.ac.at/program/ and follow @stellarorigins2025.bsky.social for the latests results on star formation and what we have learned from ALMA, JWST, and Gaia observations 🔭💫 @univie.ac.at

Check out the latest updates on our website. For example, the schedule is now online🥳 You can see the titles of the presentations, as well as of the posters! stellarorigins2025.univie.ac.at/program

Just about a month until we kick off "Stellar Origins" in Vienna! 👀 Until then, we'll keep you updated here with news on the scientific program and some sneak peeks of what else we have planned for you! Stay tuned and tell your friends! #stellarorigins2025

Thanks for the great response to our call for abstracts. We have a hard work ahead to select the best applications. We got 250+ applications for 120 seats! 😱😱

The #StellarOrigins conference takes place at #univie 15 - 19 September 2025. The submission deadline is on 30 May - don't miss it! For more information, registration and abstract submission, click here: stellarorigins2025.univie.ac.at/registration/ 🔭✨

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A kind reminder of the abstract submission deadline for our Stellar Origins 2025 conference on **May 30, 2025** Link and information: stellarorigins2025.univie.ac.at/registration/ More info: stellarorigins2025.univie.ac.at #stellarorigins2025

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It is our great pleasure to announce that the Abstract Submission period for our Stellar Origins 2025 conference is now open. ** Deadline 30/05/2025 ** Link and information: stellarorigins2025.univie.ac.at/registration/ More info: stellarorigins2025.univie.ac.at #stellarorigins2025

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Every astronomer the first time they do reduce radio observations 🥴 #radioastronomy #astronomy

Dear all, this is the 2nd announcement of our StellarOrigins2025 conference, this time including the list of invited speakers! #stellarorigins2025 website: stellarorigins2025.univie.ac.at Subscribe to our mailing list

Dear all, it is our great pleasure to release the 1st announcement of our StellarOrigins2025 conference! #stellarorigins2025 website: stellarorigins2025.univie.ac.at