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The active star forming region NGC 7538. Image by Fred Calvert/Adam Block/NOAO/AURA/NSF

Astronomy

A Peek Inside NGC 7538

2 Dec , 2010 by Jon Voisey

[/caption] Often overshadowed by the more famous Bubble Nebula which lies nearby, NGC 7538 is an exciting emission and reflection nebula located in Cepheus. While it is often overlooked by amateur astronomers, professionals looking to study stellar formation find it an exciting target as it is the host to ongoing star formation, including the largest […]

protostars, star formation

Astronomy, Radio Astronomy

J-E-T-S, Jets, Jets, Jets!

25 Nov , 2010 by Mike Simonsen

[/caption] It seems oddly appropriate to be writing about astrophysical jets on Thanksgiving Day, when the New York football Jets will be featured on television. In the most recent issue of Science, Carlos Carrasco-Gonzalez and collaborators write about how their observations of radio emissions from young stellar objects (YSOs) shed light one of the unsolved […]

active galaxies, AGN, astrophysical jets, polar jets, protostars, Synchrotron radiation

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