Vampires and collisions rejuvenate stars

Using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have uncovered two distinct kinds of “rejuvenated” stars in the globular cluster Messier 30. A new study shows that both stellar collisions and a process sometimes called vampirism are behind this cosmic “face lift.” The scientists also uncover evidence that both sorts of blue stragglers were produced during a critical dynamical event (known as “core collapse”) that occurred in Messier 30 a few billion years ago.

Posted under News by admin on Saturday 26 December 2009 at 6:00 am

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