Science & Health

Planet formation

How planets form around a star is shown by gas 'waterfalls'

Astronomers examined 3D motions of gas in a planet-forming disk at three locations around a young star called HD 163296. They found that gas was flowing like a waterfall into gaps that seemed to be caused by infant planets.
Oct 17, 2019
By Revathi Sivakumar
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