Artist’s concept of the three-ringed structure in the planet-forming disk around HD 144432 (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for Astronomy

Artist’s concept of the three-ringed structure in the planet-forming disk around HD 144432

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Observations with the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) found various silicate compounds and potentially iron, substances we also find in large amounts in the Solar System’s rocky planets.

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© Jenry

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