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First Confirmation Of A Moon-Forming Disk Around A Planet (Video)

July 24, 2021 by Ignat

PDS 70 is a 370-light-year-distance star that is almost 6 million years old and has a mass roughly three-quarters that of the Sun. Two years ago astronomers spotted what they thought might be a moon-forming disk around PDS 70b, its … Read More

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Astronomers Have Been Able to Observe How a Planet is Born

February 5, 2018 by Ignat

Astronomers observed how a planet is born for the first time, the Associated Press reported. The planet is called LkCa 15 b (named after the star around which it is formed) and is the youngest one ever studied by astronomers. … Read More