Tag: Orion Nebula

New Theory On Jupiter-Mass Binary Objects Hidden In Orion Nebula

MessageToEagle.com | November 11, 2024

Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – Deep within the Orion Nebula, researchers are one step closer to understanding how Jupiter-mass binary objects (JuMBOs) form—a longstanding mystery in astrophysics Orion

ALMA image of the salty disk surrounding the young, massive star Orion Source I (blue ring). It is shown in relation to the Orion Molecular Cloud 1, a region of explosive starbirth. The background near infrared image was taken with the Gemini Observatory. Credit: ALMA (NRAO/ESO/NAOJ); NRAO/AUI/NSF; Gemini Observatory/AURA

Astronomy

Orion Source I’s Disk Is Salty – NRAO Researchers Report

MessageToEagle.com | February 12, 2019

MessageToEagle.com – Using ALMA (the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) astronomers have detected the chemical fingerprints of sodium chloride (NaCl) – commonly known as salt – in the dusty disk