A Giant ‘ Singing ’ Cloud in space will Help us ( continued )
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A Giant ‘ Singing ’ Cloud in space will Help us ( continued )
We can use Musca to better constraint our numerical models and learn about our own Solar system . It could help solve many mysteries . For example , could the ices found in comets have formed in clouds rather than at a later time during the life of our solar system ?
Aris Tritsis is a post-doctoral Fellow , Australian National University .
No longer a thin cylinder when the extra dimension is revealed ( Aris Tritsis )
This article was originally published in ‘ The Conversation ’ on 11th May 2018 . SEN and the Science Teachers ’ Association of NSW thank ‘ The Conversation ’ for its policy of encouraging republication of the many fine articles it publishes . We also thank the author of this article , Dr Aris Tritsis , for supplying this article , thereby supporting this policy .
Musca is not actively forming stars . It will be millions of years before gravity can overcome all the opposing forces that support the cloud . As a result , with its structure now determined , Musca can be used as a prototype laboratory against which we can compare our models and study the early stages of star formation .
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