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Astronomers detect an outbursting young stellar object – Phys.org

By analyzing datasets from the Palomar Gattini InfraRed survey (PGIR) and NASA’s NEOWISE spacecraft, astronomers have identified an outbursting young stellar object…

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By analyzing datasets from the Palomar Gattini InfraRed survey (PGIR) and NASA’s NEOWISE spacecraft, astronomers have identified an outbursting young stellar object (YSO) in the star-forming region NGC 281-W. The study, which reports the finding and sheds more light on the nature of the newfound YSO, was published Jan. 11 on arXiv.org.
YSOs are stars in early stages of evolution, in particular, protostars and pre-main sequence stars. They are usually observed embedded in dense molecular clumps,…

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