Spiral Arms Point to Possible Planets
October 20, 2011
Simulations of young stellar systems suggest that planets embedded in a circumstellar disk can produce many distinctive structures, including rings, gaps and spiral arms. credit: NASA
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Technology Internet, Circumstellar disk, Planet, Planetary science, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, young stellar systems, Andromeda Galaxy, Beta Pictoris, Unbarred spiral galaxies, Messier objects, Spiral galaxies
