The potential planet-forming disk (or protoplanetary disk) of a sun-like star is being violently ripped away by the powerful winds of a nearby hot O-type star in this image from NASAs Spitzer Space Telescope. At up to 100 times the mass of sun-like stars, O stars are the most massive and energetic stars in the universe. The O star can be seen to the right of the image, as the large orange spot with the white centre. To the left, the comet-like structure is actually a neighbouring solar system that is being destroyed by the O stars powerful winds and intense ultraviolet light. I

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The potential planet-forming disk (or protoplanetary disk) of a sun-like star is being violently ripped away by the powerful winds of a nearby hot O-type star in this image from NASAs Spitzer Space Telescope. At up to 100 times the mass of sun-like stars, O stars are the most massive and energetic stars in the universe. The O star can be seen to the right of the image, as the large orange spot with the white centre. To the left, the comet-like structure is actually a neighbouring solar system that is being destroyed by the O stars powerful winds and intense ultraviolet light. I

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