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Stars Cant Spin Out of Control Artist Animation
From the collection of NASA Image and Video Library. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
This artist concept demonstrates how a dusty planet-forming disk can slow down a whirling young star, essentially saving the star from spinning itself to death. Evidence for this phenomenon comes from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineStars Cant Spin Out of Control Artist Animation. NASA/JPL, 2006-07-24. Public domain. ID: PIA08626.
