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IMAGE: Turbulence shaping the interstellar medium. The image shows a slice through turbulent gas in the world's highest-resolution simulation of turbulence, published in Nature Astronomy. Turbulence produces strong density contrasts,...
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Credit: Federrath et al. Nature Astronomy. DOI: 10.1038/s41550-020-01282-z
Through the centuries, scientists and non-scientists alike have looked at the night sky and felt excitement, intrigue, and overwhelming mystery while pondering questions about how our universe came to be, and how humanity developed and thrived in this exact place and time. Early astronomers painstakingly studied stars' subtle movements in the night sky to try and determine how our planet moves in relation to other celestial bodies. As technology has increased, so too has our understanding of how the universe works and our relative position within it.