How a baby planet drinks gas: a new discovery ⚡ экспресс
Original: "VLT/MUSE Detection of the AB Aurigae b Protoplanet with $$H _{\rm \alpha}$$ Spectroscopy"
For the first time, we've seen a forming planet greedily sucking in gas from a cosmic cloud.
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Astronomers caught a baby exoplanet 'feeding': gas at 100 km/s falls onto it, creating a unique light pattern. The discovery at the star AB Aurigae is the first direct indication of such a process in a planet embryo. It's like seeing a gas giant like Jupiter being built.
🎯 In an hour, the falling gas covers the distance from Earth to the Moon.