A new, Jupiter-size planet is on the verge of being born, and astronomers have incredible images of it

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A new, Jupiter-size planet is on the verge of being born, and astronomers have incredible images of it

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Space@lemmy.world · 3 years ago

A gorgeous new image of a star system 5,000 light-years from Earth could finally explain how Jupiter-size planets are born from chaotic fields of gas.

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