Gas-Guzzling Giants
The more material the planet pulls in as it is forming, the bigger it grows. But planets are very messy eaters! As giant gas-guzzling planets feed, they pull in gas from the disc in long streams. Using a giant, powerful new telescope called ALMA, astronomers have spotted these gas streams flowing through the planet-forming disc of a young nearby star!
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ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/M. Kornmesser (ESO)
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