The Mystery of Massive Star Formation January 15, 2014 With the aid of enormous telescopes, scientists are beginning to unravel the nebulous births of stellar behemoths. (physicscentral.com)
They combined observations in the visible and the near infrared from the Hubble Space Telescope with radio observations from the Very Large Array and the Submillimeter Array to explore the effect of the turbulence, stellar radiation, and magnetic field on massive star formation in the galaxy's nuclear ring. (sciencedaily.com)
The visit will also include lectures at both undergraduate level and for the public and is hosted by Dr Quang Nguyen Luong, an adjunct scientist working on massive stars formation at ICISE. (astro4dev.org)