Artist's Illustration of Orion KL
An artist created this illustration to give us a close-up view of the massive, young star "Orion KL Source I". As you can see, the star is surrounded by a disk of gas and dust, which is causing the star to spin slower and slower.
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ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)
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