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Chaotically Magnetized Cloud Is No Place to Build a Star, or Is It?

  • Texture represents the magnetic field orientation in the region surrounding the Ser-emb 8 protostar, as measured by ALMA. The gray region is the millimeter wavelength dust emission.

    Texture represents the magnetic field orientation in the region surrounding the Ser-emb 8 protostar, as measured by ALMA. The gray region is the millimeter wavelength dust emission.

    ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO); P. Mocz, C. Hull, CfA

    Low Resolution Image

  • Artist impression of chaotic magnetic field lines very near a newly emerging protostar.

    Artist impression of chaotic magnetic field lines very near a newly emerging protostar.

    NRAO/AUI/NSF; D. Berry

    Low Resolution Image