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- noun Plural form of
proplyd .
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Examples
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A two-year look at "proplyds," or protoplanetary disks in the constellation Orion has provided astronomers with a new high-resolution time-lapse movie that reveals the process of how massive star form.
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The VLBA yielded even sharper images than the famous Hubble photos of "proplyds," or protoplanetary disks in Orion.
D Mag - News 2010
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Were it not for the collapse proplyds by gravitational forces, you would have no magnetic fields or other such phenomena.
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But not all proplyds face a bright and happy future, even in these beautiful images.
Hubble Captures Birth, Annihilation of Young Solar Systems in Orion Nebula | Universe Today 2009
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Bright star that illuminates some of the proplyds is both a blessing and a curse.
Hubble Captures Birth, Annihilation of Young Solar Systems in Orion Nebula | Universe Today 2009
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Were it not for the collapse proplyds by gravitational forces, you would have no magnetic fields or other such phenomena.
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As newborn stars emerge from the nebula's mixture of gas and dust, proplyds form around them.
Hubble Captures Birth, Annihilation of Young Solar Systems in Orion Nebula | Universe Today 2009
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It is rare to see proplyds in visible light, but the astronomers were able to use Hubble for this ambitious survey of the familiar and photogenic Orion Nebula.
Hubble Captures Birth, Annihilation of Young Solar Systems in Orion Nebula | Universe Today 2009
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In this particular case, the researchers are examining some aspects of star formation, specifically proplyds in one particular star forming region.
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Some of these proplyds will be torn apart; however others will survive and perhaps evolve into planetary systems.
Hubble Captures Birth, Annihilation of Young Solar Systems in Orion Nebula | Universe Today 2009
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