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Old 28-March-2008, 02:20 PM
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Default Planet Formation Revealed?

One of the biggest unresolved questions of planet formation is how a thick disc of debris and gas surrounding young stars eventually evolves into a thin, dusty region with planets. This entire process, of course, has never actually been observed. But recently, and for the first time, a group of astrophysicists produced an [...]

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Better picture than UT or Eurekalert had, showing detail of planet-to-be blob. (1.3 megabyte hi-res version)

From NSF press release: 08-045 A Planet in Progress?
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