NOIRLab - Mysterious Metallic Cloud Discovered Orbiting Mystery Object

Sweeping winds of vaporized metals have been found in a massive cloud that dimmed the light of a star for nearly nine months. This discovery, made with the Gemini South telescope in Chile offers a rare glimpse into the chaotic and dynamic processes still shaping planetary systems long after their formation. In this podcast, Dr. Nadia Zakamska describes the discovery of this object, stemming from a mysterious dimming of a star, to the analysis of the gas cloud.

 

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- Rob Sparks is in the Communications, Education and Engagement group at NSF's NOIRLab i...