NASA satellites catch 'growth spurt' from newborn protostar
Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - 18:30
in Astronomy & Space
Using data from orbiting observatories and ground-based facilities, astronomers have discovered an outburst from a star thought to be in the earliest phase of its development. The eruption, scientists say, reveals a sudden accumulation of gas and dust by an exceptionally young protostar known as HOPS 383.