How New Planets Are Born From Stars

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In the cosmic nursery, when a star is born from a collapsing cloud, a swirling circumstellar disc of gas and dust forms around it. Within this majestic disc, tiny grains collide and cling together, forming pebbles that grow into larger planetesimals— the building blocks that slowly accrete into new planets. Gravitational interactions sometimes create a chain reaction, triggering the formation of even more planets, a process that unveils the beauty of a newborn planetary system.

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