Astronomers capture the birth of a solar system:
Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby sun-like star
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First Glimpse of Emerging Planetary SystemA 100,000-year-old star 1,370 light-years away reveals rocky planet seeds through NASA and ESO observations.
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- Astronomers identified solid particles within the gas disk of the young star HOPS-315, indicating the initial phase of planet formation.
- The star, a forming yellow dwarf similar to the sun, is estimated to be between 100,000 and 200,000 years old.
- Silicon monoxide gas and crystalline silicates were detected, representing some of the first solid materials seen in planet formation.
- With a gas disk as massive as the early sun’s, the system could develop up to eight planets over the next million years.
We’ve captured a direct glimpse of the hot region where rocky planets like Earth are born around young protostars.— Melissa McClure, who led the international research team, discussing the discovery of the first steps of planet formation.
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