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ALMA Differentiates 2 Birth Cries from a Single Star

The protostar is located at the center and the gas streams are ejected to the east and west (left and right). The slow outflow is shown in orange and the fast jet is shown in blue. It is obvious that the axes of the outflow and jet are misaligned.
Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Matsushita et al.

Strong evidence of independent origins for 2 gas flows.
Astronomers have unveiled the enigmatic origins of two different gas streams from a baby star. Using ALMA, they found that the slow outflow and the high speed jet from a protostar have misaligned axes and that the former started to be ejected earlier than the latter...

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