Time-Lapse Movie Shows Massive Stars Form Similarly to Smaller S

It has been difficult for astronomers to see how massive stars form, since these stars are rare, form quickly and tend to be enshrouded in dense, dusty material which obscures them from view. But astronomers using the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) radio telescope were able to take images of the wavelengths of light emitted by a massive young star located 1,350 light years away in the Orion constellation. The created a 'movie' from the data, which they say shows the first evidence that young massive stars form from an accretion disk, just as smaller stars form.
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