Astronomers spot a new solar system forming nearby

Roughly four and a half billion years ago, Earth and all the other planets in our solar system began to form in a huge disk of dust and gas that swirled around the Sun. And now, astronomers have spotted the same kind of thing happening around a nearby young star, which could give us a better understanding of the process of planet formation.

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Category: Space

Tags:

• ALMA
• Astronomy
• Planet
• Solar System
• Stars

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