Animation Of Newly Formed Star
June 15, 2012
The artist conception shows a newly formed star surrounded by a swirling protoplanetary disk of dust and gas. Debris coalesces to create rocky ‘planetesimals’ that collide and grow to eventually form planets. Credit: University of Copenhagen/Lars Buchhave
Topics:
Environment, Planets, Circumstellar discs, Astronomy, Entertainment Culture, Formation and evolution of the Solar System, Circumstellar disk, Planetesimal, Protoplanetary disk, Solar System, Planet, Planetary science
