Spiral arms hint at the presence of planets

Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - 15:31 in Astronomy & Space

A new image of the disk of gas and dust around a sun-like star has spiral-arm-like structures. These features may provide clues to the presence of embedded but as-yet-unseen planets.

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