Binary Star Formation
![Artist's conception of Binary Star Formation](https://public.nrao.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/panel_2.jpg)
Binary star formation through disk fragmentation starts with a young star surrounded by a rotating disk of gas and dust. The disk fragments, with a second star forming within the disk, surrounded by its own disk. The two stars form an orbiting pair.
Credit: B. Saxton, NRAO/AUI/NSF
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