VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2025-07-22
“We’ve captured a direct glimpse of the hot region where rocky planets like Earth are born around young protostars.”
Melissa McClure · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-22
Astronomers observed the earliest known traces of rocky planet formation around the infant star HOPS-315.
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