News tagged with baby star
Some orbits more popular than others in solar systems
(PhysOrg.com) -- In young solar systems emerging around baby stars, some orbits are more popular than others, resulting in “planet pile-ups” and “planet deserts."
Mar 19, 2012 |
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WISE presents a cosmic wreath
(PhysOrg.com) -- Just in time for the holidays, astronomers have come across a new image from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, that some say resembles a wreath. You might even think of ...
Dec 23, 2011 |
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Space Image: North American Nebula
This swirling landscape of stars is known as the North America Nebula. In visible light, the region resembles North America, but in this image infrared view from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, the continent ...
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Oct 19, 2011 |
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Making a spectacle of star formation in Orion
(PhysOrg.com) -- Looking like a pair of eyeglasses only a rock star would wear, this nebula brings into focus a murky region of star formation. NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope exposes the depths of this dusty ...
Jun 30, 2011 |
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Baby star blasts jets of water into space
Astronomers have found a nascent star 750 light years from earth that shoots colossal jets of water -- a cosmic fire hose -- out its poles in bullet-like pulses.
Jun 22, 2011 |
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Galaxy Evolution Explorer satellite ferrets out planet-hunting targets
(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers have come up with a new way of identifying close, faint stars with NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer satellite. The technique should help in the hunt for planets that lie beyond ...
Apr 08, 2011 |
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Unravelling the Mystery of Massive Star Birth: All Stars are Born the Same Way (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers have obtained the first image of a dusty disc closely encircling a massive baby star, providing direct evidence that massive stars form in the same way as their smaller brethren. ...
Jul 14, 2010 |
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Strong winds over the keel
The large and beautiful image displays the full variety of this impressive skyscape, spattered with clusters of young stars, large nebulae of dust and gas, dust pillars, globules, and adorned by one of the ...
Feb 12, 2009 |
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