Until now, astronomers have detected fully formed, massive, newborn planets or observed younger protoplanetary discs, but never witnessed the precise moment when small, rocky solids, the first "seeds" ...

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For the first time, astronomers have witnessed the initial stages of a solar system's formation around a distant star, HOPS-315.

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This newborn planetary system is emerging around the young star HOPS-315, which sits some 1,300 light years away from Earth. Around such young stars, astronomers often see discs of gas and dust known ...