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. While we've seen such outflows before, we've never seen them line up in the same direction as in the JWST image; NASA likens them to"sleet pouring down during a storm." and J. Green )
The alignment of the protostellar outflows provides key insight into how stars form and provides strong support for a long-held theory. "Astronomers have long assumed that as clouds collapse to form stars, the stars will tend to spin in the same direction," principal investigator Klaus Pontoppidan, of NASA's."However, this has not been seen so directly before. These aligned, elongated structures are a historical record of the fundamental way that stars are born."So why haven't we seen them before? It all comes down to the perfect alignment.
"Looking at the abundance of these critical compounds in protostars just before their protoplanetary disks have formed could help us understand how unique the circumstances were when our own solar system formed," Pontoppidan said.to keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more! And if you have a news tip, correction or comment, let us know at:
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