07-05-2012, 05:18 PM
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House Rogan
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Phoenix
Posts: 6,975
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Poof! Planet-Forming Disk Vanishes Into Thin Air
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Some 460 light-years away in the constellation Centaurus, a thick disk of dust swirled around a young star named TYC 8241 2652 1, where rocky planets like our own were arising. Then, in less than 2 years, the disk just vanished. That's the unprecedented observation astronomers report in a new study, out today. Even more intriguing: The same thing may have happened in our own solar system.
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