Researchers use new method to calculate interstellar cloud core age
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 - 10:20
in Earth & Climate
(Phys.org) —A team of space researchers with members from Germany, Finland and the U.K. has calculated the age of an interstellar cloud core using a new chemical analysis method. In their paper published in the journal Nature, the team describes their new technique and explains how measuring chemical changes as cloud contraction occurs can lead to revealing the core's age.