Rings around young star suggest planet formation in progress

Monday, December 12, 2016 - 15:01 in Astronomy & Space

Rice University astronomers and their colleagues have for the first time mapped gases in three dark rings around a distant star. The rings mark spaces where planets are thought to have formed from dust and ... Read more

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