Scientists are amazed by the growth of a young star into adulthood as it revealed the development over the course of around 18 years.
The astronomers from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory studied two images of the massive "W75N(B)-VLA 2" star: one during its beginning and one after its development ended.
To study the star, the researchers used the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array from the National Science Foundation. Astronomers took the picture in 2014 and compared it with an earlier image of the star, 4, 2000 light-years away, from 1996.
Carlos Carrasco-Gonzalez from the National Autonomous University of Mexico's Center of Radioastronomy and Astrophysics said that the comparison between the two pictures was amazing, according to Astronomy.
The star's image from 1996 showed hot ionized wind gushing out of the young star, while the 2014 image showed the said wind deforming into something elongated.
"We're seeing this dramatic change in real time, so this object is providing us an exciting opportunity to watch over the next few years as a very young star goes through the early stages of its formation," said Carrasco Gonzalez.
In addition, the researchers found out that their predictions came true of the star. They said that the spherical star is surrounded by torus of winds that have the capability to alter the shape and speed of the star, instead of the previous belief that it came from a gaseous environment, according to Science Times.
However, the new data of the forming star shows that the Sun's development was very different when compared. Astronomers believe that the W75N(B)-VLA 2's development is more uniform due to its size and weight that is eight times more compared to the Sun.
