Stellar Astronomers Answer Question Posed by Citizen Scientists: 'What Are Yellowballs?'
Tuesday, January 27, 2015 - 13:30
in Astronomy & Space
Citizen scientists wanted to know: What are the yellow objects on these infrared images from the Spitzer Space Telescope? Iowa State's Charles Kerton and others report in The Astrophysical Journal the "yellowballs" are part of the development of massive stars.