Baby Binary Star Gives Astronomers a Glimpse at How Planets Like Tatooine Form

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By Jake Parks
Oct 4, 2019 4:34 PMNov 19, 2019 3:48 AM
ALMA cosmicpretzel
With the help of ALMA’s dust-penetrating gaze, researchers got this snapshot of a young stellar pair in action. (Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Alves et al.)

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Astronomers recently imaged two budding stars locked in a gravitational waltz that twisted their planet-forming disks into a pretzel-shaped knot.

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