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NASA's Webb takes star-filled portrait of pillars of creation
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 21 (ANI): NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a lush, highly detailed landscape the iconic Pillars of Creation where new stars are forming within dense clouds of gas and dust. The three-dimensional pillars look like majestic rock formations but are far mor
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Magnetised 'rivers' feed star birth
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Maryland [US], August 20 (ANI): Stars like our Sun form when clouds of gas and dust collapse under gravity. However, how does the material from interstellar space get into these clouds, and what controls their collapse makes up for a question.
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Newly discovered planet zips around baby star in a week
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 24 (ANI): Understanding how planets form is one of the main challenges scientists face when placing our own and other planetary systems in context. Planets are thought to form from the disk-shaped clouds of gas and dust that surround newborn stars, but this pro
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