Almost a “family portrait of the Solar System”: scientists watch the birth of two planets near a star

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Almost a “family portrait of the Solar System”: scientists watch the birth of two planets near a star

Scientists using the James Webb Telescope are observing in almost real time the birth of two planets near the star PDS 70. According to Live Science, they belong to a small group of celestial bodies whose birth researchers were able to directly observe. PDS 70 is an orange dwarf that is about 370 light years away from us. It is surrounded by two very young planets: PDS 70b and PDS 70c. Scientists have already been able to obtain images of both c…