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University of Michigan: Scientists Discover Warped Disk 'Torn Apart By Stars'
September 05, 2020
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Sept. 5 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release on Sept. 4:

Pioneering new research has revealed the first direct evidence that groups of stars can tear apart their planet-forming disk, leaving it warped and with tilted rings.

An international team of experts, led by astronomers at the University of Exeter and including the University of Michigan, has identified a stellar system where planet formation might take place in incl . . .

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