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Dr. Angela Schultz
SETI Institute Principal Investigator
Angie Schultz studies outflows from young stellar objects. As a young star evolves, it often sheds material which shocks, and is shocked by, the dust and gas surrounding the star. The composition and conditions in the outflow can be determined by observing the emission from these shocks.
Her current work is focused on the molecular hydrogen outflow that lies behind the familiar Orion Nebula. The infrared radiation emitted by hydrogen molecules penetrates the surface of the nebula, revealing the outflow embedded in the molecular cloud beneath it. This outflow, from a massive young star (or stars), has taken the form of a spectacular array of streamers, or "fingers", radiating from a still-unknown central source. New high-resolution Hubble Space Telescope data of this object will be analyzed to determine the origin of the outflow. This work is being done in collaboration with Sean Colgan of NASA's Ames Research Center.
- SETI Institute Explorer, Special Edition 2006