Webb reveals planet-forming disks can last longer than previously thought
If there were such a thing as a photo album of the universe, it might include snapshots of pancake-like disks of gas and dust ...
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Planet-forming disks surrounding stars often last much longer than expected
Researchers discovered a planet-forming disk that lasted 30 million years. This challenges previous estimates of 10 million ...
NASA’s Webb Telescope Uncovers a 30-Million-Year-Old Planet Factory That Shouldn’t Exist
Astronomers have long believed that the swirling disks of gas and dust that form planets around young stars last only about ...
Four tiny planets are orbiting one of our nearest stars
Astronomers have revealed new evidence that not just one, but four tiny planets are circling around Barnard's Star, the ...
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James Webb Telescope reveals planet-forming disks can last longer than previously thought
This illustration shows a lower mass star surrounded by its planet-forming disk of gas and dust. The planet formation process would cause gaps, not shown in this illustration, to appear in the ...
When Disks Collide: The Violent Birth of Rogue Planets
How do rogue planetary-mass objects – celestial bodies that fall between planets and stars in size – come into existence? An ...
Small and large planets have significantly different upbringings
Studying the orbits of thousands of exoplanets shows that large planets tend to have elliptical orbits, while smaller planets ...