Loneliest Young Star Seen by Spitzer and WISE

Wednesday, July 27, 2016 - 15:01 in Astronomy & Space

Alone on the cosmic road, far from any known celestial object, a young, independent star is going through a tremendous growth spurt. The unusual object, called CX330, was first detected as a source of X-ray light in 2009 by NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory while it was surveying the bulge in the central region of the […]

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