Tuesday, September 9, 2014

ScienceDaily: Extrasolar Planets News

ScienceDaily: Extrasolar Planets News


Planet forming around star about 335 light years from Earth

Posted: 08 Sep 2014 09:15 AM PDT

Scientists have discovered what they believe is evidence of a planet forming around a star about 335 light years from Earth. Astronomers set out to study the protoplanetary disk around a star known as HD 100546, and as sometimes happens in scientific inquiry, it was by "chance" that they stumbled upon the formation of the planet orbiting this star.

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