Citizen scientist project finds thousands of ‘star bubbles`
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 - 08:31
in Astronomy & Space
Remember when you were a kid and blowing bubbles was such great fun? Well, stars kind of do that too. The bubbles are partial or complete rings of dust and gas that occur around young stars in active star-forming regions, known as stellar nurseries. So far, over 5,000 bubbles have been found, but there are many more out there awaiting discovery. Now there is a project that you can take part in yourself, to help find more of these intriguing objects.