Quartz-like Crystals Found in Planetary Disks
NASA Spitzer Space Telescope has, for the first time, detected tiny quartz-like crystals sprinkled in young planetary systems. The crystals, which are types of silica minerals called cristobalite and tridymite.
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PIA11417
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November 11, 2008
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JPL
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