micjer Senior Member
Number of posts : 5325 Age : 62 Location : canada Registration date : 2009-01-23
| Subject: Never-Before-Seen Stage of Planet Birth Revealed Fri Jan 04, 2013 5:57 am | |
| Never-Before-Seen Stage of Planet Birth Revealedhttp://www.redicecreations.com/article.php?id=23195https://i.servimg.com/u/f16/17/80/30/86/23194p10.jpgAstronomers studying a newborn star have caught a detailed glimpse of planets forming around it, revealing a never-before seen stage of planetary evolution. Large gas giant planets appear to be clearing a gap in the disk of material surrounding the star, and using gravity to channel material across the gap to the interior, helping the star to grow. Theoretical simulations have predicted such bridges between outer and inner portions of disks surrounding stars, but none have been directly observed until now. | |
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Biggles Senior Member
Number of posts : 5650 Location : Melbourne, Australia Humor : Some things just aren't funny. Registration date : 2009-03-12
| Subject: Re: Never-Before-Seen Stage of Planet Birth Revealed Fri Jan 04, 2013 6:18 am | |
| I wonder how far it is away, mind boggling what they can do and yet we still cant get any sort of peace in the middle east or between people. | |
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micjer Senior Member
Number of posts : 5325 Age : 62 Location : canada Registration date : 2009-01-23
| Subject: Re: Never-Before-Seen Stage of Planet Birth Revealed Fri Jan 04, 2013 6:48 am | |
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skywatcher Senior Member
Number of posts : 1827 Age : 71 Location : UK Humor : yes lots Registration date : 2010-12-18
| Subject: Re: Never-Before-Seen Stage of Planet Birth Revealed Fri Jan 04, 2013 7:38 am | |
| Great pic Mic, mind boggling. Be another 450 light years before Obama decides there's other ways to generate money apart from war. Sighs. | |
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Gabriel Contributor
Number of posts : 4957 Location : Ardmore oklahoma Humor : I hope so Registration date : 2009-01-24
| Subject: Re: Never-Before-Seen Stage of Planet Birth Revealed Fri Jan 04, 2013 9:41 am | |
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