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A distant star first spotted decades ago is actually a pair of baby stars that are each spewing powerful energy jets parallel to one another, scientists have discovered.
However, recent observations from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array — a group of more than 60 radio antennas in Chile — hinted that this disk could actually be two separate disks. Follow-up observations from JWST then confirmed this. The space telescope also revealed the presence of stellar jets, which are made up of superheated material ejected by the stars' magnetic poles as they form.
By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over.The two stars, which are yet to be individually named, are binary stars, meaning that they orbit one another. They likely formed from a single protoplanetary disk that fragmented early on in the star formation process, the researchers said.
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