The pinwheel structure of WR 104 was discovered ... evolved star that produces a powerful wind highly enriched with carbon. The second star—a less evolved but even more massive OB star—has ...

Languages: English and Spanish. You can contact her via email: [email protected] Astronomers have uncovered a new mystery surrounding a pinwheel-shaped star system—while, fortunately ...

the Wolf-Rayet's wind collides with the wind of its orbital companion, an even more massive star, creating a pinwheel of swirling dust that glows in the infrared spectrum, the astronomers found.