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Warped disk around newborn star noticed for first time ever
short by Kanishka Pandey / on Thursday, 3 January, 2019
Using observations from ALMA radio observatory in Chile, researchers have observed a warped disk around an infant protostar for the first time ever. The observation implies misalignment of planet's orbits in many planetary systems may be caused by distortions in the planet-forming disk. Notably, the plane of planets in the Solar System is tilted around 7° from the Sun's equator.
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