Birth of a star predicted
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 02:28
in Astronomy & Space
A study carried out by two astronomers from the Calar Alto Observatory, in Almeria, and the observatory at the University of Munich, in Germany, has predicted that the dark nebula Barnard 68 will become a shining star in 200,000 years' time. According to the scientists, this nebula is already close to colliding with another, smaller one, in a process that will end with the birth of a star...
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