High-Mass Stars Are Fed By Elongated Streamers Of Gas

August 26, 2025 Universe Today

High-Mass Stars Are Fed By Elongated Streamers Of Gas
By Evan Gough (https://ift.tt/SpBR7wE)

This image shows a high mass proto-star with a red star. The blue and red arrows represent gas rotating and falling into the star. The gas flow (streamer) indicated by the blue arrow transports gas from the molecular cloud core to the high-density region in the vicinity of the protostar. Image Credit: Kyoto University / Fernando Olguin

Stars with eight or more stellar masses are termed high-mass stars. There are questions around how these stars can become so massive, since as they form they lose mass through stellar winds and radiation. New research shows that elongated streams of gas that feed these stars explains their high masses.

August 27, 2025 at 02:46AM
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