Artist's Impression of Orion KL Source I (image)

National Institutes of Natural Sciences

Caption

The massive protostar is surrounded by a disk of gas and dust. The outflow is launched from the surface of the outer disk.

Credit

ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)

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