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    ALMA pinpoints the Formation site of Planet around Nearest Young Star

    June 30, 2019, Categories  Astronomy/Space

    ALMA image of the protoplanetary disk around the young star TW Hydrae. A small clump of dust was found in the southwestern (bottom right) part of the otherwise highly symmetric disk. Original size (344KB)

    Researchers using ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) found a small dust concentration in the disk around TW Hydrae, the nearest young star. It is highly possible that a planet is growing or about to be formed in this concentration. This is the first time that the exact place where cold materials are forming the seed of a planet has been pinpointed in the disk around a young star.

    The young star TW Hydrae, located194 light-years away in the constellation Hydra, is the closest star around which planets may be forming...

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