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Artist’s impression of the disc and outflow around the massive young star

Astronomers identify a young heavyweight star in the Milky Way

22 Aug 2016

A young star over 30 times more massive than the Sun could help us understand how the most extreme stars in the Universe are born.

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False colour image of the carbon monoxide gas in the Orion molecular cloud observed using HARP.

Hunting for protostars

01 Sep 2007

Looking deep inside the swirling dust clouds that make up stellar nurseries – the birth place of stars – can help unravel...

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