Spirals in dust around young stars may betray presence of massive planets

Friday, October 30, 2015 - 08:00 in Astronomy & Space

A team of astronomers is proposing that huge spiral patterns seen around some newborn stars, merely a few million years old (about one percent our sun’s age), may be evidence for the presence of giant unseen planets. This idea not only opens the door to a new method of planet detection, but also could offer […]

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