HOPS-315, a young star where astronomers have detected signs of the earliest stages of planet formation, as seen through the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (left). The insets on the right show molecules transforming into minerals. (Image credit: ESO/L. Calçada/ALMA(ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/M. McClure et al.)
Scientists have captured stunning images of the birth of an extraterrestrial star system for the first time.
The image reportedly captures the earliest moments of planet formation, when hot minerals are just beginning to solidify around a distant star. The researchers reported their findings July 16 in the journal Nature.
Two telescopes worked together to detect outflows of hot minerals around HOPS-315, a young star similar to our Sun located about 1,300 light-years from Earth.
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