ALMA image of the old star system W43A (IMAGE)

National Institutes of Natural Sciences

ALMA image of the old star system W43A

Caption

The high velocity bipolar jets ejected from the central aged star are seen in blue, low velocity outflow is shown in green, and dusty clouds entrained by the jets are shown in orange.

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ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Tafoya et al.

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