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"For the first time, we have identified the earliest moment when planet formation is initiated around a star other than our Sun,” says Melissa McClure, a professor at Leiden University in the Netherlands and lead author of the new study

Article : https://www.almaobservatory.org/en/press-releases/for-the-first-time-astronomers-witness-the-dawn-of-a-new-solar-system/

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[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 40 points 1 week ago

It's only a solar system if it comes from the Sol region of the milky way, otherwise it's just a sparkling star system

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I thought solar systems were hatched from eggs. I didn’t know they were mammals. I guess the Milky Way makes more sense now.

[–] 667@lemmy.radio 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

A common misunderstanding, planetary systems are marsupials, they must stay in their mother’s protective womb of stellar gasses until they can fend for themselves.

[–] Gork@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] muhyb@programming.dev 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It also looks like someone holding a resistor with both hands.

[–] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Looks like a praying mantis with its limbs outstretched to me

[–] lena@gregtech.eu 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I was going to say this would fit in !fakealbumcovers@lemm.ee, but (o7) lemm.ee has shut down, so I made !fakealbumcovers@gregtech.eu.

[–] m3t00@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

anyone can cross-post anything, afaik

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago

It'll only end in tears,