Artist's Impression of the Streams of Hot Gas that Build up Stars (IMAGE)

University of Cologne

Artist's Impression of the Streams of Hot Gas that Build up Stars

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Matter from the surrounding protoplanetary disk, the birthplace of planets, is channeled onto the stellar surface by magnetic fields shocking the surface at supersonic velocity. Link to the image: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qXxI22D6p_cDoSV7IGSx7qwgrHCSXYZM/view?usp=sharing

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Mark A. Garlick

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