Sentences with phrase «to trigger star formation»

We may also have new clues to the processes that trigger star formation in interstellar clouds,» said Gullberg.

Work here has shown that carbon monoxide in nebulas helps trigger star formation; newer studies are uncovering the complex organic chemistry of space.

Simulations by James Edward Dale, an astronomer at the University Observatory in Munich, also question whether O - stars really trigger star formation.

A nearby companion galaxy, NGC 5195, off the edge of this image, gravitational pull is triggering star formation in the main galaxy, as seen in brilliant detail by numerous, luminous clusters of young and energetic stars.

Other examples include Minkowski's Object, where Cosmos simulations support observations that a black hole jet collides with a molecular cloud to trigger star formation.

But the gas drifting between stars isn't dense enough by itself to trigger star formation.