A false-color infrared image of a complex of star formation
near the star, Rho Ophiuchus
. Astronomers used
the Submillimeter Array to study the growth of protoplanetary disks
around nine young stars in Ophiuchus. Credit: NASA and the Spitzer
Space Telescope.
Credit: "Protoplanetary Disk Structures in Ophiuchus," S. Andrews et al., The Astrophysical Journal, 2009 ( in press). Low Resolution Image (jpg)