James Webb Space Telescope studies dusty 'pancakes' feeding baby stars and birthing planets

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James Webb Space Telescope studies dusty 'pancakes' feeding baby stars and birthing planets
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Robert Lea is a science journalist in the U.K. whose articles have been published in Physics World, New Scientist, Astronomy Magazine, All About Space, Newsweek and ZME Science. He also writes about science communication for Elsevier and the European Journal of Physics. Rob holds a bachelor of science degree in physics and astronomy from the U.K.

Jam packed issues filled with the latest cutting-edge research, technology and theories delivered in an entertaining and visually stunning way, aiming to educate and inspire readers of all agesAn illustration of a planet-forming disk surrounding a young star shows a swirling “pancake” of hot gas and dust from which planets form.

"How a star accretes mass has a big influence on how the surrounding disk evolves over time, including the way planets form later on," Pascucci said."The specific ways in which this happens have not been understood, but we think that winds driven by magnetic fields across most of the disk surface could play a very important role.

In addition to being faster, X-winds arise farther from the central protostar than thermal winds. They are also capable of stretching out farther above the disk than thermal winds, reaching distances equal to hundreds of times theFortunately, the incredible sensitivity and high resolution of JWST's infrared vision are ideally suited to distinguish between magnetic field-driven winds, thermal winds and X-winds blowing around protostars.

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