Herschel reveals the hidden side of star birth
Mihai Andrei
The first touchable scientific results of the Herschel infrared space observatory are spectacular indeed; not only is it showing previously hidden details of star formation, but it also shows thousands of distant galaxies “building” stars with incredible energy and covering the Milky Way in wonderfully coloured star clouds.
Not only are the images spectacular by any standards, but they also raise new questions regarding star birth. For example, The star in the image above is more than 8 times...