Star power: Astronomers recreate stellar jet with laser blast
Tuesday, December 8, 2009 - 17:21
in Astronomy & Space
With the trillions of watts contained in one brief pop of a powerful laser, the universe became a bit less mysterious. Scientists recently used powerful laser beams to recreate, on a small scale, the highly supersonic velocities at work in newborn stars and simulated the fiery jets that burst from their poles.