Friday, 9 October 2015

Mysterious ripples found racing through planet-forming disc

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Mysterious ripples found racing through planet-forming disc
Paris (ESA) Oct 08, 2015 - Using images from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and ESO's Very Large Telescope, astronomers have discovered never-before-seen structures within a dusty disc surrounding a nearby star. The fast-moving wave-like features in the disc of the star AU Microscopii are unlike anything ever observed, or even predicted, before now. The origin and nature of these features present a new mystery for as ... more


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