Planets spotted forming around tiny ancient stars
Daily MailCatching stars in the act of making planets is one of the best techniques we have for understanding how planets form. These disks are often found around large stars, but now astronomers have found four examples of the disks around low mass objects, including three brown dwarf planet-star hybrids. These are often found around large stars, but now astronomers have found four examples disks around low mass objects THE BROWN DWARF DISKS When stars are young, they are often surrounded by a disk of dust and gas that stretches for billions of miles, from which planets can be born. These disks are often found around large stars, but now astronomers have found four examples of the disks around low mass objects. Artist's impression of the disk surrounding young stars, or the 'protoplanetary disk' is pictured Researchers from the University of Montreal and the Carnegie Institution of Washington found four low-mass objects surrounded by disks.
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