Astronomers

Astronomers make unique PHOTOS of remote planet-forming disks – RT World News

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[ad_1] An international team of scientists was able to capture images of planet-forming disks hundreds of light years away from Earth. The photos, which are an achievement in itself, shed new light on how planetary systems come to be. Those protoplanetary clouds of dust and gas, shaped like vinyl music records, appear around young stars … Read more

Astronomers say the Milky Way may be catapulting stars into its outer halo

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[ad_1] A simulated galaxy image from the FIRE-2 project, representing a structure spanning more than 200,000 light-years, shows the prominent columns of young gas-born blue stars that originally spun and were then ejected radially outward by supernova explosions. Credit: Sijie Yu / UCI Although powerful, the Milky Way and galaxies of similar mass are not … Read more