Cosmic Fountain of Crystal Rain
Using NASA Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers have, for the first time, found signatures of silicate crystals around a newly forming protostar in the constellation of Orion.
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PIA14100
Date Created
May 26, 2011
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JPL
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