Astroboffins spot planets swimming in the mists of forming stars
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/06/13/new_protostar_planets/
Scientists have found a trio baby planets using a new technique of spotting unusual gas motion around developing stars.
The new technique described in a pair of papers in the Astrophysical Journal Letters. It’s the first time it’s been used to find planets and has spotted three around the newborn star codenamed HD163296.
Astroboffins spot planets swimming in the mists of forming stars
Jun 13, 2018, 10:15pm UTC
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/06/13/new_protostar_planets/
> Scientists have found a trio baby planets using a new technique of spotting unusual gas motion around developing stars.
> The new technique described in a pair of papers in the Astrophysical Journal Letters. It’s the first time it’s been used to find planets and has spotted three around the newborn star codenamed HD163296.