09-08-2022, 09:25 AM
Most detailed and complete observations of the neutral zone
My apologies if Trekkies got excited, but a recent study using the Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea details the observations of the interaction of the radiation of massive young stars and the region surrounding them where star and planet formation takes place. This is likely very similar to the conditions that our own solar system experienced when it was forming so provides a framework we can use to understand how the Earth formed and how life was able to form here.
"Massive stars' blasts hitting Orion's sword mapped in unprecedented detail"
"Astronomers using W. M. Keck Observatory on Hawaii Island have captured from Maunakea the most detailed and complete images ever taken of the zone where the famed constellation of Orion gets zapped with ultraviolet (UV) radiation from massive young stars."
https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Massi...l_999.html
"Images of Blasts From Massive Stars Captured in Detail Using Telescope Atop Maunakea"
"“Never before have we been able to observe at a small scale how interstellar matter structures depend on their environments, particularly how planetary systems could form in environments strongly irradiated by massive stars,” Emilie Habart, an Institut d’Astrophysique Spatiale associate professor at Paris-Saclay University and lead author of a paper on the discover, said in a press release. “This may allow us to better understand the heritage of the interstellar medium in planetary systems, namely our origins.”"
https://bigislandnow.com/2022/09/07/imag...-maunakea/
My apologies if Trekkies got excited, but a recent study using the Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea details the observations of the interaction of the radiation of massive young stars and the region surrounding them where star and planet formation takes place. This is likely very similar to the conditions that our own solar system experienced when it was forming so provides a framework we can use to understand how the Earth formed and how life was able to form here.
"Massive stars' blasts hitting Orion's sword mapped in unprecedented detail"
"Astronomers using W. M. Keck Observatory on Hawaii Island have captured from Maunakea the most detailed and complete images ever taken of the zone where the famed constellation of Orion gets zapped with ultraviolet (UV) radiation from massive young stars."
https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Massi...l_999.html
"Images of Blasts From Massive Stars Captured in Detail Using Telescope Atop Maunakea"
"“Never before have we been able to observe at a small scale how interstellar matter structures depend on their environments, particularly how planetary systems could form in environments strongly irradiated by massive stars,” Emilie Habart, an Institut d’Astrophysique Spatiale associate professor at Paris-Saclay University and lead author of a paper on the discover, said in a press release. “This may allow us to better understand the heritage of the interstellar medium in planetary systems, namely our origins.”"
https://bigislandnow.com/2022/09/07/imag...-maunakea/