Keck Telescopes Gaze Into Young Star's "Life Zone"

Planets form around a young star in this artist's concept. Using the Keck Interferometer in Hawaii, astronomers have probed the structure of a dust disk around MWC 419 to within 50 million miles of the star. (12/23/2009) Credit: David A. Hardy/www.astroart.org For more information go to: <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/topics/universe/features/keck-life-zone.html" rel="nofollow">www.nasa.gov/topics/universe/features/keck-life-zone.html</a>

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