Young, cool, and on edge — an unstable protoplanetary disk
Is it possible to detect gravitational instability in a protoplanetary disk that is viewed edge-on? Today’s authors investigate the young disk around L1527 IRS.
Going with the Outflow
The closest look yet at the mysterious outflows from high mass newborn stars.
Molecular Clouds All the Way Down
Today’s paper examines if a well-known correlation between gas mass and star formation rate holds on the scale of a single molecular cloud.
Protostars to Planets — The Chemical Pathway
ALMA line survey shows chemical abundances of several complex organic molecules are similar across four different molecular clouds with hugely varying properties!
All Aboard The Filament Express
Filaments in the molecular cloud Serpens South are shuttling gas and dust towards a core of protostars, showing that magnetic fields likely play a role in star formation.
Opening the Envelope on Protostars
Protostars aren’t quite stars yet, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t important in stellar evolution. Today’s paper looks at the magnetic field across the different regions in a protostar.