Stars Are Not Made from a Single Mold: The Gaia Discovery ⚡ экспресс
Original: "Direct Evidence for Stellar Initial Mass Function Variation in the Milky Way"
The Gaia telescope found that the ratio of large to small newborn stars varies from cloud to cloud — the stellar recipe is not universal.
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Astronomers used to think stars across the Universe were born from a single template. The Gaia telescope showed that in different corners of the Milky Way, the ‘recipe’ for star formation differs. This could change the search for life in other galaxies.
🎯 The Sun is a middleweight, but the vast majority of stars in the Milky Way are dim red dwarfs, which live hundreds of times longer and shine hundreds of times fainter.