Artist Impression (IMAGE)

National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Artist Impression

Caption

This is an artist impression of gas flowing like a waterfall into a protoplanetary disk gap, which is most likely caused by an infant planet.

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NRAO/AUI/NSF, S. Dagnello

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