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The thin disk is the defining component of disk galaxies in general and spiral galaxies in particular. It contains stars, star clusters, gas and dust which are confined to the galaxy's plane of rotation.  1, record 1, English, - thin%20disk

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Le disque d'étoiles de notre Voie lactée est complexe, avec un disque mince enveloppé par un disque épais contenant surtout de vieilles étoiles qui ont peut-être été capturées par la Voie lactée lors d'une collision il y a des milliards d'années.  2, record 1, French, - disque%20mince

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Our Milky Way galaxy is shaped like two fried eggs glued back-to-back. A central bulge of stars sits in the middle of a sprawling disk of stars. Though this is a common feature among myriad spiral galaxies, astronomers have spent decades puzzling out how and when the Milky Way's central bulge might have formed.  2, record 2, English, - central%20bulge

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The first clue to the shape of the Milky Way comes from the bright band of stars that stretches across the sky... This band of stars can be seen with the naked eye in places with dark night skies. That band comes from seeing the disk of stars that forms the Milky Way from inside the disk, and tells us that our galaxy is basically flat.  2, record 3, English, - disk%20of%20stars

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A large, relatively dust-free, spherical region surrounding a spiral galaxy, such as our own [Milky Way].  3, record 4, English, - galactic%20halo

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The inner, visible part of the halo, which has roughly the same diameter as the galactic disk, is occupied by Population II objects, including globular clusters and old, individual stars. Beyond this is a much larger region, called the dark halo or extended halo, containing large amounts of dark matter, the presence of which is revealed by its gravitational effect on the galaxy's rotation. The nature of galactic dark matter is still undetermined but the most popular theory, supported by some recent observations, is that the dark halo is home to vast numbers of small, unseen bodies known as MACHOs.  3, record 4, English, - galactic%20halo

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Le halo galactique est une région de l'espace entourant les galaxies spirales, et notamment notre Galaxie, la Voie lactée. On pense que le halo galactique est principalement constitué d'étoiles, de gaz et de matière noire. Dans une galaxie elliptique, il n'y a pas de transition nette entre le corps de la galaxie et le halo.  2, record 4, French, - halo%20galactique

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A young star is apparently blasting high-speed gas jets from its poles, carving a void through the dense molecular cloud that was its birthplace, according to an international team of astronomers.... The timing of stellar birth phases depends a lot on the star's environment. If a star has nearby companion stars, or if it starts forming planets in its disk, these objects can clear away gas that feeds the jets, terminating them more quickly than an isolated star without planets.  2, record 5, English, - young%20star

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Par exemple, si quelqu'un avait observé notre système solaire il y a 4 milliards et demi d'années, c'est probablement ce qu'il aurait vu : une étoile jeune, le Soleil, entourée d'un immense disque de matière : promesse de merveilles à venir.  3, record 5, French, - %C3%A9toile%20jeune

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Beta Pictoris, jeune étoile de magnitude 4 émettant beaucoup dans l'IR [infrarouge]. Elle est entourée d'un disque de matière qui devrait donner naissance à une ou plusieurs planètes, avec le temps.  4, record 5, French, - %C3%A9toile%20jeune

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Las de la población I son [...] estrellas jóvenes; forman asociaciones estelares cuyos componentes, de igual edad y origen, pertenecen a la misma clase espectral; las hay en constante formación, en aquellas regiones de la Galaxia donde abundan las concentraciones de materia interestelar.  1, record 5, Spanish, - estrella%20joven