#starsystem

Planet-forming disks of material typically orbit around the equators of stars, but now scientists have discovered such rings can go dramatically awry and encircle the poles of stars instead.

Image Source    3D model of the Homunculus Nebula The Homunculus Nebula surrounds the stellar system Eta Carinae. It is a bipolar emission and reflection nebula (interstellar cloud of dust,

Image Source     The Homunculus Nebula, surrounding Eta CarinaeCredit: Jon Morse (University of Colorado) & NASA Hubble Space Telescope Eta Carinae was previously known as Eta Argus.