Groundbreaking Discovery: Astronomers Witness Planet Formation Begin Around Distant Star
Groundbreaking Discovery: Astronomers Witness Planet Formation Begin Around Distant Star In a historic first, astronomers have directly observed the earliest stages of planet formation around a star other than our Sun, offering an unprecedented window into how our own solar system began. The groundbreaking findings were published yesterday, July 16, in the prestigious journal Nature. The team pinpointed the precise moment when the foundational specks of material—which will eventually coalesce into planets—started to form around the young star HOPS-315, located…