Conceptual illustration showing pair of misaligned protoplanetary disks around the binary stars of the HK Tauri system. HK Tauri is located 450 light years away, in the constellation of Taurus. The binary stars are HK Tauri A (right) and HK Tauri B (left).

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Photo credit: © R. Hurt/ NASA/JPL-Caltech/IPAC/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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