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Shadows Of Forming Planets Tracked By Hubble | IFLScience

Shadows Of Forming Planets Tracked By Hubble | IFLScience

TW Hydrae has a series of misaligned disks around it. Image Credit: NASA, AURA/STScI for ESA, Leah Hustak (STScI)

It seems that Hubble not only tracks light near and far, but it can also track shadows. Planets forming in the system of the star TW Hydrae are shifting the material in the protoplanetary disk where they are formed.

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Publisher: IFLScience
Date: 2023-05-05T09:29:54Z
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