Twisted Magnetic Fields Can Reveal How Protobinary Systems, Tatooine Planets Form
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Thursday, September 15, 2022
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SOFIA saw a twisted magnetic field around a protobinary star system--a very young binary star system that is still growing. This provides a hint about how the protobinary system came to be. The findings were published in Geophysical Research Letters.
Key Points:
- COLUMBIA, Md., Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Twisted magnetic fields around binary systems can reveal how the stellar system came together.
- Circumbinary planets planets that orbit around two stars, like the fictional Star Wars planet Tatooine and its two suns exist in the Universe, and are sometimes referred to as Tatooine planets.
- SOFIA saw a twisted magnetic field around a protobinary star system--a very young binary star system that is still growing.
- Being able to see these magnetic fields helps decipher the formation of binary systems and, in turn, their associated Tatooine planets.