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Astronomers Detect Missing Ingredient in Cooking Up Stars

  • This image of Arp 220 was taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. Arp 220 is the aftermath of a collision between two spiral galaxies. It is the brightest of the three galactic mergers closest to Earth, about 250 million light-years away. Astronomers studied Arp 220 with the Submillimeter Array (SMA) to determine the role magnetic fields play in the formation of stars. Credit: NASA/ESA/STScI/HST

    This image of Arp 220 was taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. Arp 220 is the aftermath of a collision between two spiral galaxies. It is the brightest of the three galactic mergers closest to Earth, about 250 million light-years away. Astronomers studied Arp 220 with the Submillimeter Array (SMA) to determine the role magnetic fields play in the formation of stars. 

    Credit: NASA/ESA/STScI/HST

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