Friday, November 7, 2014

ScienceDaily: Stars News

ScienceDaily: Stars News


Jets, bubbles, and bursts of light in Taurus

Posted: 06 Nov 2014 07:40 AM PST

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has snapped a striking view of a multiple star system called XZ Tauri, its neighbour HL Tauri, and several nearby young stellar objects. XZ Tauri is blowing a hot bubble of gas into the surrounding space, which is filled with bright and beautiful clumps that are emitting strong winds and jets. These objects illuminate the region, creating a truly dramatic scene.

Birth of planets revealed in astonishing detail in ALMA’s 'best image ever'

Posted: 06 Nov 2014 05:20 AM PST

Astronomers have captured the best image ever of planet formation around an infant star as part of the testing and verification process for the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array's (ALMA) new high-resolution capabilities.

European satellite Gaia could discover thousands of planets in Milky Way galaxy

Posted: 05 Nov 2014 05:35 PM PST

A recently launched European satellite could reveal tens of thousands of new planets within the next few years, and provide scientists with a far better understanding of the number, variety and distribution of planets in our galaxy, according to researchers.

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