Winds that make stars and planets grow
October 04, 2024
October 04, 2024
MUNICH, Germany, Oct. 4 [Category: Science] (TNSres) -- The Max Planck Society issued the following news:
Planet-forming disks, maelstroms of gas and dust swirling around young stars, are nurseries that give rise to planetary systems, including our solar system. Astronomers have discovered new details of gas flows that sculpt and shape those disks over time. The observed nested structure of those flows confirms a long-theorized mechanism that allows the star to grow by tapping disk . . .
Planet-forming disks, maelstroms of gas and dust swirling around young stars, are nurseries that give rise to planetary systems, including our solar system. Astronomers have discovered new details of gas flows that sculpt and shape those disks over time. The observed nested structure of those flows confirms a long-theorized mechanism that allows the star to grow by tapping disk . . .