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Astronomers discover parallel disks and jets in a young binary star system

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Astronomers Discover Parallel Disks And Jets In Young Binary Star System

Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery using NASA’s Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). They observed twoin disks and parallel jets erupting from a few young stars in the star system WL20, located more than 400 light-years away in the rho Ophiuchi molecular cloud complex. This unexpected finding provides new … Read more

Astronomers discover parallel disks and jets erupting from some young stars

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This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked trusted source proofread OK! Left, a mid-infrared image of the rho Ophiuchi molecular cloud complex taken by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, with the focus pointing toward the galaxy WL20. On the right, WL20 expands to reveal an artist’s impression of this new discovery. Astronomers couldn’t believe … Read more