Youngest Solar System (IMAGE)

University of Michigan

Youngest Solar System

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An artist's rendition of the 1-million-year-old star system UX Tau A, located approximately 450 light-years away. Observations from NASA's Sptizer Space Telescope showed a gap in the dusty disk swirling around the system's central star. Astronomers suspect that the formation of one or multiple planets carved the space in this disk.

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NASA's Sptizer Space Telescope

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