The dust factory is a double star system, designated HD 44179, that sits within the strikingly beautiful Red Rectangle, an oddly geometric cloud of gas and dust located 2,300 light-years away.

The giant star sitting in the Red Rectangle is among those that are far too hot to allow dust condensation within their atmospheres. And yet a giant ring of dusty gas encircles it. Witt's team made ...

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Astronomers Spot Cosmic Dust Fountain Date: February 6, 2009 Source: University of Chicago Summary: Space dust annoys astronomers just as much as the household variety when it interferes with ...

The Red Rectangle nebula is 2,300 light years from Earth in the constellation Monoceros. What appears to be the central star is actually a pair of closely orbiting stars. Particle outflow from the ...