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Loops of Gas and Dust Rise from Planetary Disks Artist Concept
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About this work
Magnetic loops carrying gas and dust above disks of planet-forming material circling stars are shown in this artist conception, which NASA Spitzer Space Telescope detects as infrared light.
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Credit lineLoops of Gas and Dust Rise from Planetary Disks Artist Concept. NASA/JPL, 2014-03-06. Public domain. ID: PIA17849.
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