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The birth of a new solar system? 14-billion-mile-wide disc shows young star ‘pulling’ planets into place around itself

Astronomers investigating whether young planets might be shaping disc

Vision of ‘early years’ of young solar system
Gas disc forming round SINGLE starĀ 

A 14-billion-mile-wide gas cloud is offering an incredible vision of the early years of a young solar system.

The star is 400 light years away from Earth, in the constellation Lupus, the wolf.

The young star, known as SAO 206462, is surrounded by a disc of gas 14billion miles across – and [...]