Watching a 'New Star' Make the Universe Dusty
Friday, July 25, 2008 - 11:49
in Astronomy & Space
Using ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer, and its remarkable acuity, astronomers were able for the first time to witness the appearance of a shell of dusty gas around a star that had just erupted, and follow its evolution for more than 100 days. read more
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