The European southern Observatory (ESO) reports that astronomers were able to carry out unique observations of complex dynamic processes taking place in young planetary systems. Today it is known that planets are formed from the extended gas and dust disk surrounding a newborn star, a so — called protoplanetary disks. …
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Received a rare “baby pictures” of planetary systems. Three groups of astronomers were able to observe the processes that occur in protoplanetary disks around stars, which allowed them to see how newborn planets influence the form of a disk, in which appear, and get an idea about the structure of …
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The disks rotate at different angles relative to each other. Scientists-astronomers from the Niels Bohr Institute (Denmark) have found that distance from Earth is 400 light years two new-born stars, around which revolve three protoplanetny drive. About his discovery, they told the world in the edition of Astrophysical Journal Letters. …
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