05-06-2019, 04:00 PM
20 quattuordecillion erg?
Studying star formation is is a big field in astrophysics, and studying young stellar objects (YSOs) helps us understand how our own sun and solar system formed. In this case, the JCMT and Gemini North Telescope on MK were used to investigate the clump of dust and gas that formed the star and the outflows created by the newly formed star. The researchers determined that the observed outflow had a mass of 82 suns and an energy of 20 quattuordecillion erg. Have to admit that means very little to me, I'm more used to SI units and can't remember any time I've used the word quattuordecillion...
https://phys.org/news/2019-05-astronomer...20044.html
Studying star formation is is a big field in astrophysics, and studying young stellar objects (YSOs) helps us understand how our own sun and solar system formed. In this case, the JCMT and Gemini North Telescope on MK were used to investigate the clump of dust and gas that formed the star and the outflows created by the newly formed star. The researchers determined that the observed outflow had a mass of 82 suns and an energy of 20 quattuordecillion erg. Have to admit that means very little to me, I'm more used to SI units and can't remember any time I've used the word quattuordecillion...
https://phys.org/news/2019-05-astronomer...20044.html