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New Details Emerge About the Birth of Young Stars – Narrated

August 31, 2011 · NASA

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New details about how the birth of young stars occurs are discovered by astronomers using a trio of tools. Hubble images taken over a span of 14 years are used to create a movie of the event. Laser experiments recreating the energy coming from a star hitting material shows how stellar jets interact with their surroundings. And finally, numerical simulations help scientists understand the physics of what's going on.