Planetary Disk Quartz Spotted

The Spitzer Space Telescope has recently made a startling discovery as it was scouring the skies in thorough observation of five young planet-nascent disks approximately 400 light years away from the Earth. While it was largely known that crystallized dust particles constantly lump up into la... [ read more >> ]

Silica crystals discovered in planetary disks

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Silica crystals discovered in planetary disks