Star formation? All a bit of a wind up

[Rick]

UK astronomers have discovered that the material flowing out of newborn stars contains a coiled, spring-shaped magnetic field.

The discovery, reported in the 1 November edition of Nature helps to explain why new stars are able to form as they condense from spinning clouds of interstellar gas.

More: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/01/star_formation/