A Density Projection of a Cool Cloud Getting Destroyed as It Is Exposed to An Outflow's Hot Wind (IMAGE)

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A Density Projection of a Cool Cloud Getting Destroyed as It Is Exposed to An Outflow's Hot Wind

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Rather than getting pushed, the simulation shows the cold material instead becomes gradually heated until it is fully incorporated into the hot wind.

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Credit: Evan Schneider, Princeton University

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