Artist’s impression of the young binary system XZ Tau (IMAGE)

National Institutes of Natural Sciences

Artist’s impression of the young binary system XZ Tau

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The two young stars in the system each have a protoplanetary disk around them that is tilted with respect to the other. The two young stars orbit in a plane different from that of either disk.

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ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)

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