Stellar
Nursery
Rutherford Group Work
01 What is a stellar nursery
02 Formation of stellar nurseries
03 Types of Stellar Nurseries
04 How we observe Stellar Nurseries
The role of feedback from stellar
05 nurseries in galactic evolution
Introduction
01.
What is a
Stellar
Nursery?
What Is A
Stellar Nursery
A stellar nursery, also known as a
star-forming region, is a region in
space where new stars are born from
the gravitational collapse of dense
molecular clouds composed primarily
of hydrogen gas and dust. These
regions are typically found within
galaxies, often in the spiral arms where
the density of gas and dust is higher.
02.
Formation
of stellar
Nurseries
Formation of
stars
Stellar nurseries are wild and wondrous
places. As dense clouds of gas and dust
collapse to form stars, they launch outflows
of stellar material at hypersonic speeds. A
magnetic field surrounding a star-forming
cloud is typically parallel to these outflows.
03.
Types of
Stellar
Nurseries
Giant Molecular Dark Nebulae
Clouds
Dense regions within molecular
Vast clouds of gas and dust clouds where dust obscures the
where star formation occurs light from background stars and
Types of on a large scale. new stars form.
Stellar
Protostellar Cores Open Clusters
Nurseries Dense cores within molecular Groups of young stars that
clouds where the earliest formed from the same molecular
stages of star formation occur, cloud and are loosely bound by
leading to the formation of gravity, often considered as
protostars. ongoing stellar nurseries
04
How do we
observe
Stellar
Nurseries?
How we Stellar nurseries, can be observed in
various ways using telescopes and other
observe instruments. One common method is to
use telescopes that can detect infrared
radiation, which is emitted by warm dust
stellar and gas in the nurseries. By observing
the infrared emissions, astronomers can
identify regions where new stars are
nurseries. forming.
Another way to observe stellar
nurseries is to use telescopes that can
detect radio waves. Radio telescopes
can detect emissions from molecules in
the gas clouds where stars are forming,
providing valuable information about the
chemical composition and physical
conditions of the nurseries.
05
The Role of
Feedback from
Stellar
Nurseries in
Galactic
Revolution.
The Role of
One important form of feedback
Feedback from from stellar nurseries is the
release of energy and material into
Feedback from stellar nurseries also
plays a role in enriching the
Stellar the surrounding interstellar
medium through processes such as
interstellar medium with heavy
elements such as carbon, oxygen, and
stellar winds, supernovae nitrogen, which are produced in the
Nurseries in explosions, and ionizing radiation
from hot, young stars. This feedback
cores of massive stars and released
into the surrounding environment when
Galgatic can disrupt the formation of new
stars by heating or dispersing the
these stars explode as supernovae.
These heavy elements are then
incorporated into new generations of
surrounding gas and dust, thus
Revolution. limiting the rate at which new stars
can form. In this way, feedback
stars, planets, and eventually, into life
itself.
helps to regulate and control the
overall star formation rate in a
galaxy.
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