Tag: Cosmic formation
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Giant Cosmic ‘Sandwich’: The Largest Planet-Forming Disk Seen in IRAS 23077+6707
Introduction: A Cosmic Sandwich Lived in Light In the vastness of space, a distant star has gifted astronomers with one of the most striking portraits of planet formation to date. The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a spectacular image of a protoplanetary disk around the star IRAS 23077+6707, affectionately nicknamed “Dracula’s Chivito.” This dusty disk…
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Star Formation Breakthrough Wins Dawson Award for PPPL
Groundbreaking Dawson Award recognizes a lab breakthrough in star formation A team of scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and Princeton University has earned the Dawson Award for a groundbreaking study on how swirling matter in laboratory plasmas can lead to the formation of stars, planets, and even supermassive…