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04-01-2016, 02:15 AM
A planet may be forming in the habitable zone of an alien sun
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A young sunlike star about 176 light-years away may have its own planet in an Earth-like orbit someday.
Scientists using the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile have found evidence of what may be a planet forming in an Earth-like orbit around the star TW Hydrae.
The researchers discovered a gap in the star's planet-forming disk that is about the same distance from TW Hydrae as the Earth is from the sun.
This gap could hint at the formation of a nascent planet in what may be the habitable zone (http://quest.nasa.gov/projects/astrobiology/astroventure/challenge/Articles/habitablezone.pdf) in relation to its sun, an orbit in which liquid water can be supported on the planet's surface. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/31/planet-forming-in-earthlike-orbit/)
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A young sunlike star about 176 light-years away may have its own planet in an Earth-like orbit someday.
Scientists using the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile have found evidence of what may be a planet forming in an Earth-like orbit around the star TW Hydrae.
The researchers discovered a gap in the star's planet-forming disk that is about the same distance from TW Hydrae as the Earth is from the sun.
This gap could hint at the formation of a nascent planet in what may be the habitable zone (http://quest.nasa.gov/projects/astrobiology/astroventure/challenge/Articles/habitablezone.pdf) in relation to its sun, an orbit in which liquid water can be supported on the planet's surface. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/31/planet-forming-in-earthlike-orbit/)
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