Computer simulation movie of the evolution of a dense core to a first hydrostatic core

18 November, 2020 / Read time: 1 minute

Computer simulation movie of the evolution of a dense core to a first hydrostatic core. The present ALMA observations detected the central dense part (shown in red). This simulation was made by the supercomputer ATERUI-II operated by NAOJ. Credit: Tomoaki Matsumoto (Hosei University)