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New Discovery Reveals Secrets of Planet Formation

6/17/2025

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An international team of astronomers has made a groundbreaking discovery using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). By examining 30 protoplanetary disks around Sun-like stars, they found that gas and dust evolve at different rates, with gas often lingering longer. This insight deepens our understanding of planet formation and the life cycle of these cosmic structures.

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An international team of astronomers has made a groundbreaking discovery using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). By examining 30 protoplanetary disks around Sun-like stars, they found that gas and dust evolve at different rates, with gas often lingering longer. This insight deepens our understanding of planet formation and the life cycle of these cosmic structures.