In a first, newborn star's spinning disk seen in another galaxy

Astronomers have identified a circumstellar disk around a star that surpasses the size and luminosity of the sun. This phenomenon, where a dense clump of interstellar gas and dust collapses under its own gravitational force, marks the birth of stars. The residual material forms a swirling disk around the nascent star, contributing to its growth and potentially giving rise to planets. Remarkably, such newborn stars with circumstellar disks were previously observed exclusively within our Milky Way galaxy.