From dust to pebbles to planets – insight into the birth of a solar system
Wednesday, September 5, 2018 - 09:01
in Astronomy & Space
Detailed simulations of planetary formation are revealing how tiny grains of dust turn into giant planets and could shed light on where to find new Earth-like worlds. Scientists theorise that planets form from rotating discs of gas that surround newly formed stars, known as proto-planetary discs. Pebble-sized objects in these discs then clump together to […]