Swirling disks of gas and dust, the stuff that could one day form planets, surround young stars. Through NASA’s Disk Detective program, citizen scientists—volunteers from the public—collaborate with professional scientists to help search for dusty disks around nearby stars, revealing clues to the early lives of stars and the ingredients of planets.
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Source: Phys.org