Planet-Forming Lifeline Discovered in a Binary Star System
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 - 13:30
in Astronomy & Space
Scientists using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have detected a streamer of dust and gas flowing from a massive outer disk toward the inner reaches of a binary star system. This never-before-seen feature may be responsible for sustaining a second, smaller disk of planet-forming material that otherwise would have disappeared long ago.