How did planetary systems, such as the solar system, originate? It remains a mystery to scientists. Try to find a comprehensive answer. Recently, a team of international astronomers in collaboration with astronomers from the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), was unveiled studying the infant star feeding zone in the Orion Nebula. It is one of the brightest nebulae in the sky. It is 1350 light years away from us.
Astronomers detected this using the James Webb Space Telescope and the giant ALMA radio telescope. Observing the disk of dust and gas that formed the planet called d203-506 has revealed the important role of massive stars. In the formation of newly formed planetary systems, the team created theoretical models to examine the effects of ultraviolet radiation, and found that d203-506 loses mass at a high rate. This is due to exposure to heat generated by ultraviolet rays.
The team also stated that the rate of mass loss from d203-506 indicates that the gas could be removed from the gaseous dust disk within a million years, hindering the ability of gas giant planets to form within the planetary systems. The results were very surprising. Because young stars are losing mass at an alarming rate. This indicates that there is no planet similar to Jupiter. What we often call gas giant planets could form in this star system.
Image credit: NASA/STScI/Rice Univ./CO'Dell et al / O. Berné, I. Schrotter, PDRs4All
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