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Dust disk found around distant star

By T.K. Randall
July 18, 2010 · Comment icon  comments

Image Credit: ESO/L
A new discovery could prove to answer one of the most enduring astronomical conundrums - how large stars are born.
"Astronomers have long been unclear about how the most massive stars form," said Stefan Kraus, a NASA Sagan Exoplanet Fellow and astronomer at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. "Because they tend to be at very large distances and surrounded by dusty envelopes, it's very hard to separate and closely observe them. "


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