The planets we see around us in the galaxy haven't just been hanging around forever, you know. We're pretty sure they must have formed at some point in the past, and more are forming right now, presumably. But it's a rare treat to actually see a planet's birth in progress, which is what astronomers have managed to do recently — in staggering detail!
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Things we talked about in this episode:
ESO release on the research
The ALMA telescope observations of 2017
ESO video zooming into the stettar disc
The Snow Line, a.k.a. the Frost Line
The cancelled Overwhelmingly Large Telescope
Telescope names by xkcd