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Why Rocky Planets Form Early: ALMA Survey Shows Planet-Forming Disks Lose Gas Faster Than Dust


forms, a ring of gas and dust called a protoplanetary disk forms around it. Together, the star and the disk are a young solar system, and peering into solar systems much younger than ours reveals clues about how planets form in protoplanetary disks.

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