NASA Finds Blinking Baby Stars with Cosmic 'Hula Hoop'
Thursday, August 1, 2013 - 17:00
in Astronomy & Space
Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have detected a system of young, blinking stars surrounded by a dusty "hula-hoop" of stellar leftovers that could one day form planets like the fictional "Tatooine" in Star Wars.