Stellar Flybys Leave a Permanent Mark on Newly Forming Planetary Systems - Universe Today

Stellar flybys (when one star passes another one) can disrupt protoplanetary disks around young stars. The effects are long-lasting.

What do UX Tauri, RW Aurigae, AS 205, Z CMajoris, and FU Orionis have in common? They’re young stellar systems with disks where planets could form. It appears those disks were disturbed by stellar fl… [+5820 chars]

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