Planets Have Just Started to Form in This Binary System - Universe Today


3/14/2022 12:00:00 AM3 years 1 month ago
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A pair of protostars in a binary system has three different disks of planet-forming material, including complex organic molecules. Cue planet formation.

Astronomers have watched the young binary star system SVS 13 for decades. Astronomers don’t know much about how planets form around proto-binary stars like SVS 13, and the earliest stages are especia… [+8761 chars]

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