An international team of researchers have discovered the moment when planets began to form around a central star. Purdue University astronomer Merel van ‘t Hoff says it’s like finding, “a picture of ...
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Astronomers Observed that They Have Captured the Beginning of Solar System Around Infant Star, HOPS-315
The solar system is the abode of humans. However, very little is known about its origin. A recent finding by the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and James Webb Space Telescope ...
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The newborn planetary system appears to be emerging 1,300 light-years away around a baby star known as HOPS-315. Planet-forming materials were first identified using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.
The workings of our solar system are roughly the same now as they have been for millions of years. Moons circle their planets, the planets circle the sun, the sun’s magnetic fields and sunspots wax ...
Simulations reveal that Jupiter’s rapid growth disrupted the early solar system, creating rings where new planetesimals formed much later than expected. These late-forming bodies match the ages and ...
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