Photo: They capture a “butterfly with a wing” burning in space

Photo: They capture a “butterfly with a wing” burning in space

Photo: They capture a “butterfly with a wing” burning in space

Astronomers at the Gemini NSF NOIRLab International Observatory in Chile have detected about 520 light-years burning “one-winged butterfly” on … 12.12.2021, Sputnik scientist

2021-12-12T19: 10 + 0000

2021-12-12T19: 10 + 0000

2021-12-12T19: 10 + 0000

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The birth of a star produced an ethereal structure in interstellar space, similar to the shape of a pale butterfly on a wing, with a core obscured by stellar dust as turbulent processes disappear when the star coalesces. They form when dense collapsing molecular gas clouds coalesce and rotate under the influence of their own gravity. As it rotates, matter is pulled into an accretion disk feeding the growing protostar and the mass of gas will become a star, and when the protostar grows, it produces strong stellar winds and the matter falling into it begins to interact with the protostar. magnetic fields. This material flows along magnetic field lines towards the poles, where it is released into space in the form of powerful jets, and astronomers believe that this is what the Chameleon Nebula shows in infrared radiation. According to them, what appears to be a butterfly wing is actually a tunnel dug from the gas cloud around the star by one of the protostar’s jets. The light from the rising star then illuminates this cavity from the inside, reflecting the gaseous structures of its formation. Reflection nebula. Although the star itself is obscured by a dark vertical stripe that can be seen at a narrower point. This is what they call a protostar accretion disk. The red dot to the right of this disk from our vantage point is the point where a lump of material spurted out from the star and smashed into the surrounding gas. According to Sciencealert, the process results in the appearance of glossy, short-lived hazy spots, this is known as HH909A. Winds and jets from the star can also pull material around the protostar, eventually cutting off the star’s gas supply and ability to grow further. Although by that time the star should have gained enough mass to generate pressure and heat in its core to ignite nuclear fusion that fires it up the main sequence as a full star.