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| An artist's concept of the miniature solar system (top) compared to a known solar sytem. Image credit: NASA/JPL Click to enlarge |
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| Teeny Tiny Solar System |
| Nov 30, 2005 - Astronomers from Penn State University and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have found a miniature solar system in the making. A failed star with a hundredth the mass of our own Sun seems to have a planet forming disc of dust and gas surrounding it. With only 8 times the mass of Jupiter, this brown dwarf star is more like a large planet, and yet it's capable of forming a planetary system of its own. (Full Story) |
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