Dissolving star systems creates a mess in Orion
Wednesday, November 17, 2010 - 10:31
in Astronomy & Space
For young stars, stellar outflows are the rule. T Tauri stars and other young stars eject matter in generally collimated jets. However, a region in Orions giant molecular cloud known as the Becklin-Neugebauer/Kleinmann-Low (BN/KL) region, appears to have a clumpy, scattered set of outflows with finger-like projections in numerous directions. A new study, led by Luis Zapata at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, explores this odd region.