A gorgeous new image of a star system 5,000 light-years from Earth could finally explain how Jupiter-size planets are born from chaotic fields of gas.
  • WrenEnglish
    14•2 years ago

    It’s still mind blowing to think that ‘on the verge of’ is only from our point of view, meanwhile this happened 5,000 years ago

    • @ChickenstalkerEnglish
      5•2 years ago

      In the cosmic timescale, 5000 years is only like a few seconds. It would take millions of years for the gases to fully form a planet.

    • sebinspace
      4•2 years ago

      Probably still happening tbh