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The Milky Way Is Actually Producing Way More Stars Than We Actually Think
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9/16/2024
Astronomers discover our galaxy is one heck of a baby star-maker.
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The Milky Way is our home, and like many other galaxies, it's a veritable star factory.
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But according to new research soon to be published in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics,
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new evidence suggests it's a far more active manufacturer than we previously thought.
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When stars enter existence, coming together as interstellar dust and debris accrete and
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collapse into one of these burning giants, they emit tons of energy.
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As that energy is sent out into space, byproducts of the birth are carried out with them, including
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elements.
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One of those elements we know of is called Aluminum-26, which tends to decay extremely
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quickly, meaning it's a great marker not only for where stars have formed, but also
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when.
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Aluminum-26 produces gamma rays as it decays, and by recording those figures, astronomers
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now believe they have a better idea of just how much star birthing is occurring in the
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Milky Way.
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And experts say our galaxy is actually producing stellar bodies at a rate of 4-8 times our
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Sun's mass every year.
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That's twice as much as previously believed, which the paper outlines comes to around 55
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billion stars every Earth year.
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