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#SaltyStars | Astronomers Discover Pair of Massive Stars Wrapped in Salt and #WaterVapour Clouds

weather.com/en-IN/india/sp…

(📸: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Tanaka et al.)

By @kun5k Image
A group of #astronomers has, only for the second time ever, discovered a pair of massive baby stars that are growing in what appears to be salty cosmic soup.
Each star seems to be engulfed in a gaseous disk that possesses molecules of heated water vapour and sodium chloride, commonly known as table salt.
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