14 November 2016 – Are All Stars Created Equal? New findings by international team led by DIAS Astronomer
An international scientific team led by Dr. Alessio Caratti o Garatti from the Astronomy & Astrophysics Section of the School of Cosmic Physics here at DIAS, for the first time observed and analyzed an outburst from a high-mass young stellar object that was caused by material accreting onto the star.
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Last Updated: 23rd May 2018 by mary
14 November 2016 – Are All Stars Created Equal? New findings by international team led by DIAS Astronomer
An international scientific team led by Dr. Alessio Caratti o Garatti from the Astronomy & Astrophysics Section of the School of Cosmic Physics here at DIAS, for the first time observed and analyzed an outburst from a high-mass young stellar object that was caused by material accreting onto the star.
Read the paper published in Nature Physics this week here : http://www.nature.com/nphys/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nphys3942.html
Press releases:
https://www.gemini.edu/node/12584
http://www.dsi.uni-stuttgart.de/aktuelles/news/news_0056.en.html
http://www.caha.es/a-startburst-reveals-the-formation-mechanism-of-massive-stars.html
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