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Canadian-led study sheds new light on planets forming in ‘cosmic nursery’

University of Victoria researchers contributed to a groundbreaking discovery about planetary formation using the James Webb Space Telescope to study PDS 70, a young star 370 light-years away from Earth.
The research provides evidence for a process called accretion, showing how planets gather material from their host star and surrounding gas and dust.
Dori Blakely, a PhD candidate at the University of Victoria, stated that the findings are like seeing a family photo of our solar system when it was just a toddler.
Doug Johnstone, an adjunct professor, remarked that the research allows observation of a solar system being built before our very eyes.

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Canadian-led study sheds new light on planets forming in 'cosmic nursery'

A new study offers a clearer picture of how planets are born alongside stars, findings that are an exciting step toward understanding the development of planets and their atmospheres, the lead researcher says.

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The origin of planets: UVic researchers make groundbreaking new discovery

With some creative use of the James Webb Space Telescope, Canadian researchers are now able to study two young planets as they form

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Planets forming in 'cosmic nursery' shown in Canadian-led study #CDNNews #BCNews #WesternCanada #BC #Canada

A new study is offering a clearer picture of how planets are born alongside stars, with the lead researcher from British Columbia calling the findings an exciting step toward understanding the formation of planets and their atmospheres. University of Victoria doctoral candidate Dori Blakely says researchers have known that planets form by pulling in mass from gas and dust from their surroundings, a process known as accretion. But the study Blake…

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Planets forming in 'cosmic nursery' shown in Canadian-led study

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'Like a family photo of our solar system': The James Webb telescope is watching 2 alien planets being born before our eyes

Aimed at the nearby star PDS 70, the James Webb Space Telescope is watching newborn planets take shape before our eyes in uprecedented detail.

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Witnessing the birth of planets - University of Victoria

Canadian astronomers have taken an extraordinary step in understanding how planets are born, using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). JWST was used to study PDS&...

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