Turbulence May Promote Birth Of Massive Stars
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 08:14
in Astronomy & Space
When it comes to the theory of how massive stars form, the devil is in the details. We know the basics: a cloud of cosmic gas draws itself together, growing denser and hotter until nuclear fusion ignites. But how does massive star formation begin? What determines how many stars form from a single cloud? New data from the Submillimeter Array is helping to answer these questions.