Washington: Astronomers have captured images of a violent and explosive star birth about 1,500 light-years from Earth, which gives new insights into stellar formation across the cosmos. Using the Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimetre Array (ALMA) telescope in Chile, astronomers have examined the widely scattered debris from this explosive event. If these stars draw too close to each other before they drift away into the galaxy, violent interactions can occur. “By destroying their parent cloud, as we see in OMC-1, such explosions may also help to regulate the pace of star formation in these giant molecular clouds,” said Bally. This helps astronomers understand the underlying force of the blast and the impact such events could have on star formation across the galaxy.

Source: Mint April 09, 2017 06:22 UTC