Artist’s impression of the "Ashfall" in a protoplanetary disk (IMAGE)

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Artist’s impression of the "Ashfall" in a protoplanetary disk

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The dust particles swept up by the bipolar outflow from the center of the protoplanetary disk are piled up on the outer edge of the disk.

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Kagoshima University

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