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Scientists find evidence of ‘baby’ planet in the making

It is known that planets are formed from protoplanetary disks, which are rings of dust and that surround young newly-born stars. Astronomers have spotted hundreds of such disks throughout the universe but they have rarely been able to actually observe planetary birth and formation.

Now, scientists at the Harvard & Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics have developed a new method to detect these “newborn planets.”