Debris Disks Generate Spirals, Rings and Arcs in Simulations (VIDEO)

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Astronomers thought patterns spotted in disks around young stars could be planetary signposts. But is there another explanation? A new simulation performed on NASA's Discover supercomputing cluster shows how the dust and gas in the disk could form those patterns -- no planets needed. Download in HD: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12807

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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