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Mikko Tuomi<p>A <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/JWST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JWST</span></a> image of Herbig-Haro 49/50 — a frothy-looking outflow from a nearby <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/protostar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protostar</span></a> — with a multi-hued spiral <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/galaxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>galaxy</span></a>.</p><p>Herbig-Haro objects are outflows produced by jets launched from a nearby, forming <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/star" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>star</span></a>.</p><p>The outflows, which can extend for light-years, plow into a denser region of material.</p><p>This creates shock waves, heating the material to higher temperatures.</p><p>The material then cools by emitting light at visible and infrared wavelengths.</p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a><br><a href="https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasas-webb-telescope-unmasks-true-nature-of-the-cosmic-tornado/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">science.nasa.gov/missions/webb</span><span class="invisible">/nasas-webb-telescope-unmasks-true-nature-of-the-cosmic-tornado/</span></a></p>
IRAP<p>[Observations and <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/simulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>simulations</span></a>] In addition to <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/observations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>observations</span></a> of protostars using <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/interferometers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interferometers</span></a> with ever-higher resolution, researchers are developing multidimensional numerical simulations. </p><p>The aim is to better understand the formation and evolution of the <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/protostellar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protostellar</span></a> disk and the <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/protostar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protostar</span></a> through the different phases and scales of the collapse of a dense low- and high-mass core.</p><p>This Thursday, Benoît Commerçon, researcher <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.numerique.gouv.fr/@cnrs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cnrs</span></a></span> at the Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon (CRAL), will present to IRAPians the results obtained using “his” numerical experiments, as well as future developments ... <a href="https://www.irap.omp.eu/event/disk-and-protostar-formation-new-insights-from-3d-numerical-simulations/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">irap.omp.eu/event/disk-and-pro</span><span class="invisible">tostar-formation-new-insights-from-3d-numerical-simulations/</span></a></p>