Forming Supermassive Stars (IMAGE)

Georgia Institute of Technology

Forming Supermassive Stars

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Zoom of the inner 30 light-years of the dark matter halo. The rotating gaseous disk breaks apart into three clumps that collapse under their own gravity to form supermassive stars.

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John Wise, Georgia Institute of Technology

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