HL Tau (IMAGE)

University of Toronto

HL Tau

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This image sparked scientific debate when it was released last year, with researchers arguing over whether newly forming planets were responsible for gaps in the dust and gas swirling around the young star.

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Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA)

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