Green Snow | Space Wallpaper

Thursday, August 1, 2013 - 14:00 in Astronomy & Space

This space wallpaper shows the region where carbon monoxide snow has formed around the star. The carbon monoxide is shown here in green, and begins at a distance of more than 30 astronomical units from TW Hydrae.

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