What's special about Chiron's rings is that they're still forming; this marks the first time astronomers have ever seen a ...
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For the first time, astronomers have witnessed the early stages of planet formation around a distant young star, HOPS-315, thanks to groundbreaking observations made using theJames Webb Space ...
An image from the ALMA telescope array in Chile shows jets of silicon monoxide blowing away from the young star HOPS-315. The blue jet is moving towards Earth, and the red jet is moving away from us.