Baby stars form pinwheel fireworks in nearby galaxies AFP 14 hrs ago AFP © Handout Images of the swirls of light have allowed astronomers to pinpoint the locations of young stars with new precision
Imagine multi-colored pinwheel fireworks, but on a galactic scale.
That is exactly what images of baby stars that European astronomers released Friday look like.
Taken from nearby galaxies by the European Southern Observatory s Very Large Telescope, images of the swirls of light have allowed astronomers to pinpoint the locations of young stars with new precision, along with the warming gas crucial to their formation.
Scientists have long known that stars are born in clouds of gas, but what exactly what triggers star formation and how galaxies as a whole fit in to the picture remains largely unknown.
Baby stars form pinwheel fireworks in nearby galaxies
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