[00:00:00.01]
|
♪Music♪
|
[00:00:04.05]
|
♪Music♪[HD 141569A] [Disks of debris around stars often show striking patterns...]
|
[00:00:08.09]
|
♪Music♪[Like arcs]
|
[00:00:12.14]
|
♪Music♪[rings]
|
[00:00:16.17]
|
♪Music♪[and spirals.]
|
[00:00:20.20]
|
♪Music♪
|
[00:00:23.27]
|
♪Music♪[Do these features tell us unseen planets are stirring gas and dust in these disks?]
|
[00:00:27.35]
|
♪Music♪
|
[00:00:31.48]
|
♪Music♪[No, according to a new NASA simulation.]
|
[00:00:35.61]
|
♪Music♪
|
[00:00:38.78]
|
♪Music♪[Interactions between dust, gas and starlight let disks form these patterns on their own.]
|
[00:00:42.98]
|
♪Music♪
|
[00:00:47.10]
|
♪Music♪[Starlight strips electrons from dust.]
|
[00:00:51.22]
|
♪Music♪[These electrons heat up nearby gas.]
|
[00:00:55.27]
|
♪Music♪
|
[00:00:59.31]
|
♪Music♪
|
[00:01:02.45]
|
♪Music♪[The gas pressure rises, trapping more dust]
|
[00:01:05.60]
|
♪Music♪[which then heats more gas, trapping more dust..]
|
[00:01:08.79]
|
♪Music♪[and a cycle of growth begins.]
|
[00:01:11.99]
|
|
[00:01:14.04]
|
♪Music♪[The interplay of dust and gas results in patterns like those seen in real disks.]
|
[00:01:18.09]
|
|
[00:01:21.15]
|
♪Music♪[Ars, rings and spirals can form by themselves...]
|
[00:01:24.22]
|
♪Music♪
|
[00:01:26.28]
|
♪Music♪[no planets needed.]
|
[00:01:29.31]
|
♪Music♪
|
[00:01:32.40]
|
♪Music♪
|
[00:01:35.52]
|
♪Music♪
|
[00:01:38.65]
|
[Beeping]
|
[00:01:41.70]
|
[Beeping]
|
[00:01:44.84]
|
[Beeping]
|