Shanghuo Li

In the nebula NGC 6334I, a system of seven protostars was discovered in a common gas disk. The disk, like fragile dough, tore apart under its own weight into pieces, and each condensed into a star. Previously, such a mechanism was thought to be common only for binary stars. The discovery proves that

The ALMA radio telescope peered into the triple system HOPS-288, where three stars are being born. Around two of them, a chemical kitchen is bubbling: warm clouds where complex molecules assemble from icy dust. Astonishingly, the list of these molecules is almost identical for both stars — as if pre