Posted on 02/19/2025 11:40:26 AM PST by MtnClimber
Explanation: How do stars and planets form? New clues have been found in the protoplanetary system Herbig-Haro 30 by the James Webb Space Telescope in concert with Hubble and the Earth-bound ALMA. The observations show, among other things, that large dust grains are more concentrated into a central disk where they can form planets. The featured image from Webb shows many attributes of the active HH-30 system. Jets of particles are being expelled vertically, shown in red, while a dark dust-rich disk is seen across the center, blocking the light from the star or stars still forming there. Blue-reflecting dust is seen in a parabolic arc above and below the central disk, although why a tail appears on the lower left is currently unknown. Studying how planets form in HH 30 can help astronomers better understand how planets in our own Solar System once formed, including our Earth.
For more detail go to the link and click on the image for a high definition image. You can then move the magnifying glass cursor then click to zoom in and click again to zoom out. When zoomed in you can scan by moving the side bars on the bottom and right side of the image.
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In a few billion years this star might want to see its baby picture.
Wow.
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Now forming? Depending on that system鈥檚 distance from earth, the forming could have been finished long ago.
“Attention all planets of the solar federation. We have assumed control.”
Pretty neat.
Let’s keep an eye and see if planets form according to “Bode’s Law.”
Looks like someone putting a contact lens in their eye.馃
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