Giant Planet-Forming Ring Spotted Surprisingly Far from Young Star Alien planets may be forming inside a giant gas ring located surprisingly far from its young parent star, scientists say. Japanese astronomers spotted the giant planet-forming ring while studying new images of the star named HD 142527 taken by the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, or ALMA, in the Chilean desert. The powerful radio telescopes that make up ALMA offer astronomers a ...
Jan. 21, 2014 - SPACE.com via Yahoo! News