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XMM-Newton reveals X-rays from gas streams around young stars

31 May 2007

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Star formation, as shown in this artist's impression, results in a complicated system in which the young star is surrounded by a disc of gas and dust. This matter then follows one of three different routes. It finds its way onto the star through magnetic funnels, or stays in the disc to form planets, or is thrown clear of the system in a wind or jet created by the overall magnetic field.

Credits: ESA - C.Carreau

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The XMM-Newton spacecraft is the biggest science satellite ever built in Europe. Its telescope mirrors are the most powerful developed so far and, with its sensitive detectors, it sees much more than any previous X-ray satellite.

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One out of 28 XMM-Newton X-ray exposures of the Taurus region. The field is about the size of the full moon. Many of the bright objects are young X-ray stars.

Credits: ESA/XMM-Newton/Paul Scherrer Institut

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The Taurus Molecular Cloud containing over 400 young stars

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This image shows the Taurus Molecular Cloud in the infrared. The vast cloud in space is one of the star - forming regions nearest to Earth and contains over 400 young stars.

Credits: Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory (FCRAO), Gopal Narayanan / Mark Heyer

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