Wednesday, September 16, 2020

How protoplanetary rings form in primordial gas clouds

Washington DC (SPX) Sep 16, 2020
Four-hundred fifty light-years from Earth, a young star is glowing at the center of a system of concentric rings made from gas and dust, and it is producing planets, one for each gap in the ring. Its discovery has shaken solar system origin theories to their core. Mayer Humi, a scientist from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, believes it provides an apt study target for theories about p

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