Above: This artist’s impression shows the dust and gas around the double star system GG Tauri-A. Researchers using ALMA have detected gas in the region between two discs in this binary system. This may allow planets to form in the gravitationally perturbed environment of the binary. Half of Sun-like stars are born in binary systems, meaning that these findings will have major consequences for the hunt for exoplanets. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada
The most recent issue of Free Astronomy Magazine (September-October 2021) is available for your reading and downloading pleasure at www.astropublishing.com.
This issue features our fearless leader Michele Ferrara providing all of the original content (as I prepared for and adjusted to fatherhood x 2) among the selection of articles spanning the range from frozen snow balls in our own solar system to the evolution of the whole universe.
Browser-readable version: www.astropublishing.com/5FAM2021/
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