New worlds in the making: Is this how our solar system was born?

For the first time, astronomers have witnessed the very first solid particles forming around a baby sun-like star, HOPS-315, over 1,300 light-years away. Using Nasa’s James Webb Telescope and ALMA in Chile, scientists captured the earliest stage of rocky planet formation — offering a rare, real-time glimpse into how planetary systems like our own begin to emerge

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