Stellar egg hunt with ALMA: Tracing evolution from embryo to baby star – Science Daily

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) took a census of stellar eggs in the constellation Taurus and revealed their evolution state. This census helps researchers understand how and when a stellar embryo transforms to a baby star deep inside a gaseous egg. In addition, the team found a bipolar outflow, a pair of gas streams, that could be telltale evidence of a truly newborn star.Stars are formed by gravitational contraction of gaseous clouds. The densest parts…

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