Scattered Light Gaps in Protoplanetary Disks Don’t Always Signal Planets

New research from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics shows that a gap in the dusty disk circling a star could be a sort of cosmic illusion and not the sign of a hidden planet after all. Cambridge, Massachusetts – When astronomers study protoplanetary disks of gas and dust that surround young stars, they sometimes spot […]
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