Cosmic Tornado

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[Image: It’s an interstellar Kansas, where cosmic tornadoes form. “Light-years in length,” this is a jet of energy and molecular excitation “associated with the formation of young stars” – though “the exact cause of the spiraling structures apparent in this case is still mysterious.” Thanks, Jason!].

(Earlier: Struck by loops).

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