Wednesday, August 21, 2013

ScienceDaily: Stars News

ScienceDaily: Stars News


Starbirth surprisingly energetic: New insights into protostars

Posted: 20 Aug 2013 07:24 AM PDT

Astronomers have obtained a vivid close-up view of material streaming away from a newborn star. By looking at the glow coming from carbon monoxide molecules in an object called Herbig-Haro 46/47, they have discovered that its jets are even more energetic than previously thought. The very detailed new images have also revealed a previously unknown jet pointing in a totally different direction.

Free-floating planets may be born free

Posted: 20 Aug 2013 05:36 AM PDT

Tiny, round, cold clouds in space have all the right characteristics to form planets with no parent star. New observations show that not all free-floating planets were thrown out of existing planetary systems. They can also be born free.

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