A Glimpse at the Hidden Process of Star Formation

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Scientists at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and the University of Tokyo peered through the thick gas and dust of a stellar birthplace in the RCoronae Australis star forming cloud using the XMM-Newton X-ray Telescope, to find a superhot plasma of 40 mega-kelvin on a deeply embedded mysterious object. Followup infrared observations with the Subaru telescope identified the X-ray source as one of the youngest stars ever observed. Magnetic activity coupled with the infall of matter onto the still-growing star may produce the X-ray emission. Posted on: 24 Aug, 2005

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