Protoplanetary disk (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

Protoplanetary disk

Caption

This artist's illustration depicts how the gas leaving the nascent planet-forming disk might look. Such gas dispersal can also happen around supermassive black holes, however, the physics may not be the same as those discussed here.

Credit

ESO/M. Kornmesser

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License

CC BY

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