Orion Death Stars Spotted by Astronomers (Video)

So-called death stars in the Orion Nebula wreak havoc on developing planets.

These highly luminous O-type stars, “which are really monsters compared to our Sun, emit tremendous amounts of ultraviolet radiation and this can play havoc during the development of young planetary systems,” said Rita Mann in a statement.

Mann, an astronomer with Canada’s National Research Council, was the lead author of a paper published in Astrophysical Journal.

Researchers revealed that protostars at distance of 0.1 light years from an O-type star will form planets of dust and gas which destroys over time. They found wide range of disk masses having mass one to 80 times the mass of Jupiter beyond 0.1 light years radius.
Rita Mann, an astronomer with the National Research Council of Canada in Victoria, said that O-type stars plays role of havoc for young protostars and destroys them by releasing tremendous amounts of ultraviolet radiations. The research published in the Astrophysical Journal throws light on impact on neighboring massive stars on protoplanetary disks for the first time in history of astronomical science.

Over the course of millions of years, some stars combines together to form large dense bodies called as planets, which ultimately becomes part of galactic stellar population. The death of these massive stars is caused by an explosion as supernovas, resulting in release of small stars and gases which acts as ingredients for formation of next round of stars and planets.

Researchers concluded that any protostars within the extreme-UV envelope of a massive star will eventually destroy in dust and gas in very short time.

Agencies/Canadajournal