Growing up stardust: Scientists discover that stars, planets may be siblings

MASSACHUSETTS: A team of scientists has discovered that the planets begin forming while stars are still infants and they grow up together like siblings. According to a recent study conducted by the Centre of Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA), planet formation in a star system younger than 500,000 years old. It is a marked departure from previously accepted theories of planet formation and indicates that stars and planets grow up together like siblings. Rings of dust have previously been detected in great numbers in systems older than one million years, and prior to the study,...