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Planets stake their claim around infant star

HL Tau dust disk

FINDING THEIR SPOT  A dense disk of gas and dust surrounds, HL Tau, a star located about 450 light-years away in the constellation Taurus. Grooves in the gas and dust hint at the growth of young planets.

ALMA/NRAO, ESO, NAOJ

By Christopher Crockett

- More than 2 years ago

As a baby, our solar system probably looked something like this.