27 October 2016
Rare newly forming triple star system observed by astronomers
...binary and multiple star systems are formed through disk fragmentation. Almost half of all sun-like stars have...are formed is still something of a mystery, although fragmentation of the gaseous disk in which they form is considered a main driving force...
09 July 2015
Discovery of a five-star solar system in Ursa Major highlights mystery of proto-stellar disk fragmentation
... were formed from the same proto-stellar disk. Proto-stellar disks are created when stellar nurseries collapse gravitationally,...popular theory says that fragmentations of the proto-stellar disk are the reason. What gravitational conditions lead to ...