New studies give strong boost to binary-star formation theory

Tuesday, December 31, 2013 - 12:00 in Astronomy & Space

(Phys.org) —Using the new capabilities of the upgraded Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA), scientists have discovered previously-unseen binary companions to a pair of very young protostars. The discovery gives strong support for one of the competing explanations for how double-star systems form.

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