These Spinning Disks of Gas and Dust Reveal How Planets Get Made
These Spinning Disks of Gas and Dust Reveal How Planets Get Made
Science, Spoken · SpokenLayer
June 4, 201812m 10s
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Show Notes
Over the past two and half centuries, scientists envisioning the origin of planetary systems (including our own) have focused on a specific scene: a spinning disk around a newborn star, sculpting planets out of gas and dust like clay on a potter’s wheel. But as for testing the idea, by actually spotting an exoplanet coalesce from swirling matter? No luck yet.
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