Trio of Infant Planets Discovered around Newborn Star
Two independent teams of astronomers have uncovered convincing evidence that three young planets are in orbit around an infant star known as HD 163296. Using a new planet-finding strategy, the astronomers identified three discrete disturbances in a young star’s gas-filled disk: the strongest evidence yet that newly formed planets are in orbit there. These newly formed planets are depicted here in an artist impression.
Credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF; S. Dagnello
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Protoplanetary Disks
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