The “Turbulent” Relationship between Stellar Feedback and Magnetic Fields
Turbulence in the magnetic field surrounding a protostar can affect the power and launch angle of bipolar outflows.
Protoplanetary Disks might be More Turbulent
Turbulence plays a key role in determining what types of planets can form in a disk. We are finally on the verge of measuring this property for the first time using CO spectral lines, but it will only work if we factor in how quickly CO can be depleted.
The Life Cycles of Dust Grains
Dust grains play an important in many facets of astrophysics. See how their lives are revealed in realistic simulations for the first time!
Elsa and the Case of the Missing Disk Mass
In the last few years, astronomers have used ALMA to measure circumstellar disk masses for the first time, but found most of the mass to be missing. If these low disk masses are real, they would suggest planet formation is much faster than we think! But could it be that this missing mass is there and we just can’t see it?
Chaos before Shining Stars
Colliding gas clouds are believed to be the nurseries of baby stars. Could we tell observationally whether a cloud has experienced collisions?
A Turbulent Law of Star Formation
Molecular clouds are turbulent. Today’s paper explores how this fact affects the relationship between star formation rate and density from local clouds to distant galaxies.