A dusty pinwheel nebula around the massive star WR104
A dusty pinwheel nebula around the massive star WR104
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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Wolf-Rayet (WR) stars are luminous, massive blue stars thought to be the immediate precursors to some supernovae. The existence of dust shells around such stars has been enigmatic since their discovery about 30 years ago, as the intense ultraviolet radiation from the star should be inimical to dust survival
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. Although dust creation models,...
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A dusty pinwheel nebula around the massive star WR104
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_26914549
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_26914549
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0028-0836
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1476-4687
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10.1038/19033
