Research on ‘polluted’ dwarf stars suggests stars and planets may have ‘grown’ together

Research on ‘polluted’ dwarf stars suggests stars and planets may have ‘grown’ together

It is generally believed that stars form millions of years before the planets that orbit them, with the leftover material from star formation accumulating to form planets. But new research on “polluted white dwarfs” adds to evidence which suggests that the building blocks of planets like Jupiter and Saturn start forming when a young star […]

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Scientists find evidence of ‘baby’ planet in the making

Scientists find evidence of ‘baby’ planet in the making

It is known that planets are formed from protoplanetary disks, which are rings of dust and that surround young newly-born stars. Astronomers have spotted hundreds of such disks throughout the universe but they have rarely been able to actually observe planetary birth and formation. Now, scientists at the Harvard & Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics have […]

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