Astronomers capture rare images of planet-forming disks around stars

Space Daily Friday, 1 May 2020 ()
Astronomers capture rare images of planet-forming disks around starsLeuven, Belgium (SPX) May 01, 2020

An international team of astronomers has captured fifteen images of the inner rims of planet-forming disks located hundreds of light years away. These disks of dust and gas, similar in shape to a music record, form around young stars. The images shed new light on how planetary systems are formed. They were published in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics. To understand how planetary sys
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Astronomers just captured some rare images.