Artist's rendering of the birth of the K2-290 system (IMAGE)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Artist's rendering of the birth of the K2-290 system

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Artist's rendering of the birth of the K2-290 system, in which the young central star is still surrounded by a disk of gas and microscopic dust particles.

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Image credit: Christoffer Grønne (artist).

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