X-ray and UV emissions impact Cygnus OB2’s protoplanetary disks, astronomers suggest | Sci.News
Cygnus OB2 is the young massive stellar association closest to our Sun. In this new composite image, Chandra data (purple) show diffuse X-ray emission and young stars in Cygnus OB2, and infrared data from NASA’s now-retired Spitzer Space Telescope (red, green, blue and cyan) reveal young stars. and colder dust and gases throughout the region. … Read more