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Did life originate in space?
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New insight in birth of stellar twins
Many stars in the Milky Way galaxy are actually twins – two stars that were born at the same time. Sometimes, such stellar twins form a ‘close binary’: they orbit each other at a small mutual distance. But astronomers have also discovered many ‘wide binaries’, where the twin stars...
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Chaotic magnetic fields pose no obstacle to star birth
Have you ever seen how a magnet creates patterns in a sprinkling of iron filings? Every material that conducts electricity (like iron) responds to magnetic forces. In the universe, magnetic fields are important, too. They strongly influence the motions of gas particles. Little wonder then that magnetic fields also...
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Why does this monster galaxy keep on forming new stars
Sometimes, scientists are like little children. They always ask ‘why?’. That’s because they want to understand everything they see. A lot of ‘why questions’ have already been answered, like ‘why is the sky blue?’ and ‘why is the sun hot?’. But many remain. So when astronomers discovered a distant...
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Massive baby star also has rotating jet
Here’s the story of the birth of a massive star. It all starts with a huge cloud of gas and dust. The cloud contracts under its own gravity. It gets smaller and denser. It also starts to rotate faster and faster. Due to the rotation, the cloud begins to...
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