sciencedaily.com — People have always wondered where we, our Earth, our galaxy, come from. A group of scientist has now driven that quest one step further and taken a peak at how the stars that gave rise to most of the material found on our universe formed over cosmic history.
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pln2bzMay 29, 2009
If you look carefully, you can notice the filaments along which stars form in that small image attached to the article. The fact that we frequently observe stars forming along filaments is incredibly important because plasmas naturally form filaments within the laboratory when they conduct electricity. Filaments are observed to possess both long-range attraction and short-range repulsion with one another, which induces them to twist around one another while they transfer charged particles. Given sufficient current density, the twisting filaments will pinch together to form what's called a z-pinch. The z-pinch is observed within plasma laboratories to scavenge matter from the surrounding space and accrete it into balls. Considering that astrophysicists have run into so many problems trying to recreate stellar formation with their gravity-based models, they should perhaps compare these observations of stars forming along filaments with what we know of z-pinches and Birkeland Currents, as well as the plasma-based astrophysical models (like the Electric Universe) which predict this precise observation.
arkyllMay 29, 2009
Orange flavor sucks
ntropiMay 29, 2009
Baby pictures of the universe... wow
katherinevolkMay 29, 2009
I find it quite interesting why hubble was not mentioned in the paper.
Closed AccountMay 29, 2009
mmmm starburst.
canceledczechMay 29, 2009
Aww.... it looks so cute!