Sentences with phrase «stellar formation»

Rather, it may have developed from a fragment of the molecular cloud that was condensing into 15 Sge itself at an earlier stage of stellar formation.

Some speculate that there untold number of universes — some of which would be incapable of life or even stellar formation depending on how the dice rolled in the first bang of inception.

«First look at gravitational dance that drives stellar formation.»

Because plasma makes up more than 99 percent of the visible universe, such simulations also offer insight into a wide range of astrophysical phenomena, including stellar formation and the energetic events that create cosmic rays.

Scientists are very interested in brown dwarfs, which hold promise for explaining not just planetary evolution, but also stellar formation.

On one hand, more heavy - element - enriched interstellar clouds of gas and dust may be more likely to create giant planets during stellar formation.

«Most disturbing, however, is the fact that, despite numerous efforts, we have yet to directly observe the process of stellar formation.

Because Orion's stars represent the nearest example of the stellar formation, he explains, they are «at the core of our attempts to unravel the star formation mystery.»

Though only a handful of extrasolar planets have been discovered via direct imaging, each of these discoveries had tremendous impact on our understanding of planetary formation, stellar formation and cool atmosphere physics.