Luca Ricci – Astronomy Now

25 November 2020

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Swarms of Pluto-size objects kick up dust around adolescent Sun-like star

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ALMA observations of the dusty protoplanetary disc surrounding a star known as HD 107146 provides evidence for an entire family of orbiting Pluto-size objects, a solar system in transition from early life to maturity where planets have finished forming.