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Mark McCaughrean on Nostr: #OTD 30 years ago, 20 November 1995, Bob O'Dell & I released these Hubble images of ...

#OTD 30 years ago, 20 November 1995, Bob O'Dell & I released these Hubble images of protoplanetary disks around young stars, seen as silhouettes against the bright background of the Orion Nebula ✨🔭

Given the beautiful disk images made since with Hubble, SPHERE, GPI, ALMA, JWST, & other instruments, it's hard to imagine that some eminent astronomers at the time didn't believe that disks like these existed 🤨

These pictures changed everything 🥳

Tempus fugit, indeed 😳

https://science.nasa.gov/asset/hubble/planetary-systems-in-the-making-dust-and-gas-disks-around-young-stars-in-orion-nebula/