Serpens Protostar (IMAGE)

National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Serpens Protostar

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Astronomers using ALMA have imaged the episodic outflow of a young protostar known as CARMA-7. The twin jets -- each nearly 2.46 trillion kilometers long -- have distinct gaps, revealing that the star is growing by fits-and-starts.

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Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF); A. Plunkett et al.; ALMA (NRAO/ESO/NAOJ)

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