Planet-Forming Disk Vanishes Into Thin Air
July 5, 2012 - Wired News
Some 460 light-years away in the constellation Centaurus, a thick disk
of dust swirled around a young star named TYC 8241 2652 1, where rocky
planets like our own were arising. Then, in less than 2 years, the disk
just vanished. That’s the unprecedented observation astronomers report
in a new study, out today. Even more intriguing: The same thing may have
happened in our own solar system.
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