Astronomers caught a glimpse of a future star just as it is being born out of the surrounding gas and dust, in a star-forming region similar to the one pictured above. (Credit: NASA, ESA)
ScienceDaily (June 18, 2010) — Astronomers have glimpsed what could be the youngest known star at the very moment it is being born. Not yet fully developed into a true star, the object is in the earliest stages of star formation and has just begun pulling in matter from a surrounding envelope of gas and dust, according to a new study that appears in the current issue of the Astrophysical Journal.
For more details, read Astronomers witness a star being born at sciencedaily.com.
I'm supposed to place my very own picture for this post. But I figured I am not what the article refers to. I'm not in the earliest stages of star formation anymore. Hah! So much for supernovas, a star's birth is equally wonderful. If the Big Bang were true, the same material that is in the stars are also present in us all. In the words of Jostein Gaarder, "we too, are stardust."
For more details, read Astronomers witness a star being born at sciencedaily.com.
I'm supposed to place my very own picture for this post. But I figured I am not what the article refers to. I'm not in the earliest stages of star formation anymore. Hah! So much for supernovas, a star's birth is equally wonderful. If the Big Bang were true, the same material that is in the stars are also present in us all. In the words of Jostein Gaarder, "we too, are stardust."
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