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Cosmic Jet Looks Like Giant Tornado in Space

  • NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has revealed an object that looks like a giant tornado in space. The helical structure actually results from shock waves where a powerful protostellar jet hits neighboring gas and dust.

    NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has revealed an object that looks like a giant tornado in space. The helical structure actually results from shock waves where a powerful protostellar jet hits neighboring gas and dust.

    NASA / JPL-Caltech / J. Bally (University of Colorado)

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