NASA close-up view of protoplanetary disk
by Steve Johns on Jun.11, 2010, under Main
Magnificent shot. Creation of a solar system seen first-hand. See article at http://uanews.org/node/32352.
“By coupling both Keck telescopes on Mauna Kea in Hawaii with a specifically engineered instrument named ASTRA (ASTrometric and phase-Referenced Astronomy), Eisner and his colleagues were able to peer deeply into protoplanetary disks – swirling clouds of gas and dust that feed the growing star in its center and eventually coalesce into planets and asteroids to form a solar system” (Stolte,2010).
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When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained... Psalms 8:3 
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