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Surprising Star Spiral Structure Spotted

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Surprising Spiral Structure Spotted by Astronomers

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have discovered a totally unexpected spiral structure in the material around the old star R Sculptoris. This is the first time that such a structure, along with an outer spherical shell, has been found around a red giant star. It is also the first time that astronomers could get full three-dimensional information about such a spiral.

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Fantastic pic!

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