A Star is Born
New movies created from years of still images collected by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope provide new details about the stellar birthing process, showing energetic jets of glowing gas ejected from young stars in unprecedented detail. The jets are a byproduct of gas accretion around newly forming stars and shoot off at supersonic speeds of about 100 miles per second in opposite directions through space. These phenomena are providing clues about the final stages of a star's birth, offering a peek at how our Sun came into existence 4.5 billion years ago.
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<br>Thanks to Robert Provin for finding this very interesting news item and pointing it out to me. <br><br>Thanks, <br><br>Guy Pirro <br><br> <br><br>
<blockquote class="blockquote"><div class="italic"><i>Guy Pirro said:</i><br><br><br>Thanks to Robert Provin for finding this very interesting news item and pointing it out to me. <br><br>Thanks, <br><br>Guy Pirro <br>Indeed, a very interesting article. <br>Additionally, in deference to Robert Provin's geology/geography background, his official fighter pilot call sign shall be:<br>Robert "Seismic" Provin... <img class='' src='http://new.astromart.com/astromart/javascripts/sceditor/emoticons/grin.png' alt='grin' title='grin'/> <br><br> <br><br></div></blockquote>
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