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ALMA telescope catches live planet-forming action for the first time
The ALMA telescope in Chile has, for the first time, observed a star system that might be in the early stages of planet formation. The picture has astronomers drooling over it because the study of the origins of planets has until now been … Continue reading
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Tagged exoplanets, HK Tauri, HL Tauri, orbital resonance, planet formation, proto-planetary disc
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Why do tilted/eccentric orbits form?
For all its mysteries, the Solar System is uniquely ideal in many ways. For one, while it has rocky inner planets and giant, gassy outer ones, astronomers have found that elsewhere, massive exoplanets often orbit close to their stars, as if they … Continue reading
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Tagged Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, binary star system, eccentric orbits, HK Tauri, protoplanetary disks
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