Astronomers have found the first evidence of newborn stars at the center of the Milky Way, a region once thought to be inhospitable to the formation of new stars.
Solange Ramirez, the principal investigator of the research program at NASA’s Exoplanet Science Institute at Caltech, announced three objects during a press conference today as part of the 214th meeting of the American Astronomical Society meeting in Pasadena.
“These baby stars … are stars that have just ignited their core, and are just starting to produce light,” she said. “It is a very early phase.”
Solange Ramirez, the principal investigator of the research program at NASA’s Exoplanet Science Institute at Caltech, announced three objects during a press conference today as part of the 214th meeting of the American Astronomical Society meeting in Pasadena.
“These baby stars … are stars that have just ignited their core, and are just starting to produce light,” she said. “It is a very early phase.”
Full article by Anne Minard on Universe Today
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