Massive cloud with metallic winds discovered orbiting mystery object - Phys.org
science 2026/01/21 22:17:40

Massive cloud with metallic winds discovered orbiting mystery object - Phys.org

Source:Phys.Org
Author:Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy

Sweeping winds of vaporized metals have been found in a massive cloud that dimmed the light of a star for nearly nine months. This discovery, made with the Gemini South telescope in Chile, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, offers a rare glimps…