Newly formed stars shoot out powerful whirlwinds Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Dec 16, 2016 - Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute have used the ALMA telescopes to observe the early stages in the formation of a new solar system. For the first time they have seen how a powerful whirlwind shoot out from the rotating disc of gas and dust surrounding the young star. The results have been published in the prestigious scientific journal, Nature. A new solar system is formed in a lar ... more

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