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Astronomers make the next discovery in the Large Magellanic Cloud

2023-11-29 17:44:00, Tech CNA

Astronomers make the next discovery in the Large Magellanic Cloud

Astronomers exploring a neighboring galaxy have found evidence of a disk like those that help form the stars and planets in our Milky Way.

It was discovered in the Large Magellanic Cloud, which surrounds a massive young star that is still growing in size.

It is the first time a disk of its kind has been identified outside our galaxy.

Professor Anna McLeod, from Durham University, said she "couldn't believe" the data she was seeing when it was revealed by a telescope called the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA).

These rotating disks that surround young stars are made up of gas and dust. Large stars like the one at the center of this disk form much faster than low-mass stars like the Sun, but they also live much shorter lives.

This is estimated to be about 15 times the mass of the sun./ CNA





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