These odd and very different forms were both sculpted
by powerful stellar winds from extremely hot newborn stars that also radiate into the gas, causing it to glow brightly.
While they are very different, they were both sculpted
by powerful stellar winds from extremely hot newborn stars that also radiate into the gas, causing it to glow brightly.
Not exact matches
This process is likely stopped early on
by powerful gas outflows from supernova explosions,
stellar winds and possibly even from the central supermassive black hole.
Alas, as Smith notes, that is where the similarities end; the «Earth - sized» world orbiting HD 10180 is too close to its star, meaning it is a roasted exoplanet where any atmosphere is blasted into space
by the star's
powerful radiation and
stellar winds.
It could easily have been caused
by a supernova punching through the top and bottom of the galactic disk, the intense
stellar winds from 10 or so hot stars, a
powerful gamma - ray burst, or even a large star moving through the area.