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05 – ALMA Top 10: Cosmic Pretzel

Astronomers using ALMA have obtained a high-resolution image showing two disks in which young stars are growing, fed by a complex pretzel-shaped network of filaments of gas and dust. Observing this remarkable phenomenon sheds new light on the earliest phases of the lives of stars and helps astronomers determine the conditions in which binary stars are born.

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Binaries and Microquasars Star Formation and Protostars Stars

2019 ALMA Top 10

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