Young Star Spirals Material Outwards

The newly discovered pre-main sequence young star HH211, located in the Perseus constellation at a distance of about 1,000 light years from Earth, represents the first solid evidence that stars dispose of angular momentum not only by emitting large gas jets from its poles and shedd... [ read more >> ]

Image of similar gas jets originating in the young star HH 49/50

Image comment: Image of similar gas jets originating in the young star HH 49/50
Image credits: J. Bally (Univ. of Colorado) et al., JPL-Caltech, NASA

Image of similar gas jets originating in the young star HH 49/50