Scientists watch cosmic dust transform into newborn planet
by Ian Sample Science editor from on (#V0V3)
Astronomers have observed for first time a planet taking shape out of microscopic dust particles 450 light years from Earth
The primordial process that turns enormous clouds of cosmic dust into newborn planets over millions of years has been observed directly for the first time.
Astronomers caught sight of a planet in the making around a young star in the neighbourhood of Taurus, 450 light years from Earth.
