Astronomers Catch a Giant Planet Forming in a Swirl of Dust

For the first time, astronomers witness the dawn of a new solar system - EurekAlert!

Astronomers See Planet Formation ‘Time Zero’ in an Alien Solar System

Using JWST and ALMA, an international research team, including astronomers from the University of Michigan, detected silicon monoxide condensing into solids around baby star HOPS-315—the earliest direct evidence of planetesimal formation ever observed outside our solar system.