"An international team of astronomers has found that long-held assumptions about the relationship between the mass of star-forming clouds of dust and gas and the eventual mass of the star itself may not be as straightforward as scientists think.
By using ALMA, the astronomers were able to observe star-forming cores with an extraordinary range, from those similar to the mass of our Sun to ones that were 100 times more massive.
To their surprise, the distribution of star-forming cores was completely different to what had previously been observed in nearby regions of the Milky Way.
In particular they observed an abundance of extremely big stars with huge masses, but less smaller stars that are more common within our Galaxy.
“The findings were a complete surprise and call into question the intricate relationship between the masses of star-forming cores and the masses of the stars themselves, which has long been assumed,” said team member Dr. Kenneth Marsh, of Cardiff University.
“As a consequence, the community may need to revisit its calculations regarding the complex processes that dictate how stars are born. The evolution of a core into a star involves many different physical interactions, and the results of studies such as this should help us better understand how it all happens.”
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---It should be pointed out that NO stars have ever actually been observed forming. Rather when they find the blue stars, which they believe to be young stars, they ASSUME the stars are forming in the region...hence the confusion in their ranks of this topic.
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, ....the stars,...
Psalm 8:3
By using ALMA, the astronomers were able to observe star-forming cores with an extraordinary range, from those similar to the mass of our Sun to ones that were 100 times more massive.
To their surprise, the distribution of star-forming cores was completely different to what had previously been observed in nearby regions of the Milky Way.
In particular they observed an abundance of extremely big stars with huge masses, but less smaller stars that are more common within our Galaxy.
“The findings were a complete surprise and call into question the intricate relationship between the masses of star-forming cores and the masses of the stars themselves, which has long been assumed,” said team member Dr. Kenneth Marsh, of Cardiff University.
“As a consequence, the community may need to revisit its calculations regarding the complex processes that dictate how stars are born. The evolution of a core into a star involves many different physical interactions, and the results of studies such as this should help us better understand how it all happens.”
SciNews
---It should be pointed out that NO stars have ever actually been observed forming. Rather when they find the blue stars, which they believe to be young stars, they ASSUME the stars are forming in the region...hence the confusion in their ranks of this topic.
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, ....the stars,...
Psalm 8:3