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Astronomers witness first moments of planet formation as rock grains crystallize around distant star HOPS-315.

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Weighing in at 0.6 solar mass, HOPS-315 should someday grow to become a star much like our own sun; this makes it a promising stand-in for studying the first stages of our solar system’s history. For ...

A young sunlike star called HOPS 315 seems to host a swirling disk of gas giving rise to minerals that kick-start the planet formation process.

The researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope to probe the chemical make-up of material around the star, and found the ...

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A team of scientists led by expert Raúl Jiménez, ICREA researcher at the University of Barcelona's Institute of Cosmos ...