The birth cries of a baby star (IMAGE)

Osaka Metropolitan University

The birth cries of a baby star

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(Left): Wide-field far-infrared image of the Small Magellanic Cloud obtained with the Herschel Space Observatory. (Right): An image of the molecular outflow from the baby star Y246. Cyan and red colors show the blueshifted and redshifted gas observed in carbon monoxide emission. The cross indicates the position of the baby star.

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ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Tokuda et al. ESA/Herschel

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