NGC 6334: Shedding Light On Starburst Regions John P. Millis, Ph.D. for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Stars are formed in massive clouds of gas that are being compressed by some nearby event. Over time, the region will be consumed by the forming stars, leaving a cluster that will eventually drift apart. But what starts this process in the first place? Often these regions of star formations -- known as starburst regions -- are found in ...
June 5, 2013 - redOrbit