ADELEPLUNKETT
ASTRONOMER

In a sentence, my research uses

multi-scale, multi-wavelength observations

to study

protostellar outflows

in

clustered star-forming regions.

clustered star-forming regions

Most stars form in clusters, so the simple picture of star formation needs to incorporate the impact that young stars have on their environments, and each other. One region we study is NGC 1333, shown to the left as seen by the Spitzer Space Telescope. This is a тАЬproto-typicalтАЭ star-forming region located тАЬonlyтАЭ 1000 light years away in the direction of the constellation Perseus. Image credit: R.A. Gutermuth et al. NASA/JPL-Caltech