Tuesday, January 9

"Greek tragedy on a cosmic scale"

A false-color image of the Mira star system. Blue represents data obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope and red and green represent ground-based data obtained at the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii and the Gemini South Observatory in Chile. Mira B glows blue. The dust outflow from the bright star Mira A (right) has a green, nearly transparent color from silicate dust. The red color near the companion star, Mira B (left) is caused by heating of the opaque edge of the disk from Mira A. Credit: Michael Ireland, Caltech


First Detection of a Planet-Forming Disk Near Environment of a Dying Star from PhysOrg.com

Astronomers generally assume that the dusty disks where planets form are found around young stars in stellar nurseries. Now, for the first time, a planet-forming disk has been found in the environment of a dying star.[...]

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