'Zombie vortices' may be key step in star formation

Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - 08:30 in Astronomy & Space

Scientists have proposed a new model that elucidates a key step in star formation. They point to "zombie vortices" as a destabilizing force needed to help protostars accumulate the mass needed to grow into stars.

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