Lifeline of gas discovered between disks in binary star system

Multiple star systems with planets seem like the stuff of science fiction but are very real. However, we're still learning a lot about how they operate and how planets form within them.

Now, scientists have another piece of the puzzle after observing how streams of dust and gas flow from one binary system's outer disk to its inner disk, which, in turn, keeps planet-making materials alive.

An international team recently discovered this process in a binary star system called GG Tau-A, a relatively young system about 460 light years away from Earth in the Taurus constellation.