Astronomers discover disc around star in another galaxy for the first time
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Astronomers discover disc around star in another galaxy for the first time

29 November, 2023

In a remarkable discovery, astronomers have used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to observe a disc around a young star in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a galaxy neighboring ours. It’s the first time such a disc, identical to those forming planets in our Milky Way, has ever been found outside our galaxy. The new...