It would seem so:
(Universe Today) New Movie Reveals Birth of Super-Suns, November 16, 2009.
http://www.universetoday.com/2009/11/16 ... uper-suns/
As Dr. Tony Peratt has stated, radio astronomy will open up unseen worlds, and with that vision it's becoming increasingly clear that magnetic fields and their concomitant electric currents are playing "crucial" roles in star formation.
And this is mainstream astronomy, folks:
"We know how these stars die, but not how they are born," said Lincoln Greenhill, a principal investigator for team using radio images a thousand times sharper and more detailed than any previously obtained.
Yes, admittedly, "electric currents" are not specifically mentioned by the researchers, but surely those involved must be considering electric currents as the cause of the magnetic fields.Using the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) as a powerful "zoom lens, astronomers studied a massive young protostar called Source I (pronounced "eye") in Orion. The youthful cluster cannot be seen with traditional telescopes because of the surrounding gas and dust, but this new look shows that massive stars form like their smaller siblings, with disk accretion and magnetic fields playing crucial roles.
Because as NASA has stated, electric currents cause magnetic fields:
http://stargazers.gsfc.nasa.gov/resourc ... ricity.htmElectric charges, electric fields and electric current are critical to the study of the structure of the Sun, solar wind and the magnetosphere of the Earth. Moreover, electric current causes magnetic fields (see Electromagnetism) that are important to understanding dynamic characteristics of the Sun and how the Sun interacts with the Earth.
(Don't give up on NASA yet )
Sure, the NASA statement relates to our own solar system's ongoing dynamics and not necessarily to its formation as such, but star dynamics and star formation most likely are not two seperate and foreign processes with nothing in common (as Electric Universe supporters know full well).
And there is more:
Readers of this forum know that a "helix" morphology shaped like a "Twizzers candy" is consistent with Birkeland currents and their signature filamentation:In the case of Source I and other massive protostars, magnetic field lines may extend outward into space, wrapping in a helix that is shaped much like Twizzlers candy. Outflowing gas streams along those field lines.
Birkeland currents:
http://www.plasma-universe.com/index.ph ... nd_current
Filamentation:
http://www.plasma-universe.com/index.php/Filamentation
Also, please link the Universe Today article, above, and check out the big image heading the article, forum readers will instantly recognize the Z - pinch:
http://www.plasma-universe.com/index.php/Pinch
This image is striking in appearance and I'm sure will have "shock" value to those readers at Universe Today who have stood in opposition to Electric Universe ideas
"All truth goes through three stages. First it is ridiculed, then it is violently opposed, finally it is accepted as self-evident." -- Schopenhauer
It seems we are finally in the age of "self-evident"