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Space & Cosmos
Planets can form even in the harshest conditions
An artist’s concept of planet formation occurring in a harsh stellar environment. Credit: AUI/NSF NRAO/S.Dagnello According to the most widely held astronomical model (the nebular hypothesis), new stars are born from giant clouds of dust and gas (also known as nebulae) that undergo gravitational collapse. The remaining dust and gas forms a protoplanetary disk surrounding the new star and slowly…
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