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Never-Before-Seen Stage of Planet Birth Revealed

Astronomers studying a newborn star have caught a detailed glimpse of planets forming around it, revealing a never-before seen stage of planetary evolution.

Large gas giant planets appear to be clearing a gap in the disk of material surrounding the star, and using gravity to channel material across the gap to the interior, helping the star to grow. Theoretical simulations have predicted such bridges between outer and inner portions of disks surrounding stars, but none have been directly observed until now.

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Fangirl Challenge | [5 Opening Credits]

#1: The Borgias

Paintings Used:

  • Philippe de Croy [Rogier van der Weyden]
  • Exposure of Luxury [Agnolo Bronzino]
  • Lucretia [Lucas Cranach the Elder]
  • Judith with the head of Holofernes [Lucas Cranach the Elder]
  • Death of the Virgin [Caravaggio]
  • Farinata degli Uberti alla Battaglia del Serchio [Giuseppe Sabatelli]
  • Triumph of Neptune [Bon Boullogne]
  • The Artist’s Sister Elena Anguissola as a Nun [Sofonisba Anguissola]
  • Death and a Woman [Hans Baldung Grien]
  • Zachariah in the Temple [Domenico Ghirlandaio]
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