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Many important aspects of star formation, including the generation and propagation of stellar jets, are best studied with high angular resolution and wide wavelength coverage. These are primarily achieved with observations from Space. In this chapter, we describe the state-of-the-art of Space Astronomy in the context of the study of stellar outflows.
After a discussion of the basic principles, we illustrate the main facilities operating in Space at the time of writing. In particular we describe the capabilities of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), that has provided a giant leap in our understanding of newly forming systems: the major advances provided in the field of stellar outflows by this instrument are illustrated.
The final part of the chapter is dedicated to the next generation space observatories, and in particular to the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), that is expected to provide new insights in the star formation process with observations in the infrared wavelength range.
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Bacciotti, F., McCaughrean, M., Ray, T. (2008). Observations of YSO Jets from Space: HST and Beyond. In: Bacciotti, F., Testi, L., Whelan, E. (eds) Jets from Young Stars II. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 742. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68032-1_7
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