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Scientists discover a warped disc “torn apart by stars” in a triple Tatooine-like system – Mirage News
The inner ring of GW Orionis: model and SPHERE observations. SPHERE image (right) with an ESO artist impression (left). Credit: ESO/L. Calçada,…
Pioneering new research has revealed the first direct evidence that groups of stars can tear apart their planet-forming disc, leaving it warped and with tilted rings.
An international team of experts, led by astronomers at the University of Exeter, has identified a stellar system where planet formation might take place in inclined dust and gas rings within a warped circumstellar disc around multiple stars.
A view from a potential planet around this system will give the observer a stunning view…
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