{"id":8896,"date":"2025-07-19T20:21:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T20:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/8896\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T20:21:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T20:21:09","slug":"astronomers-just-casually-witnessed-the-birth-of-a-new-solar-system-news-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/8896\/","title":{"rendered":"Astronomers just casually witnessed the birth of a new solar system | News Tech"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\tAstronomers have observed a solar system being formed for the first time, as hot gas condenses into solid minerals around the baby star (Picture: ESO)<\/p>\n

Astronomers have witnessed the creation of a solar system for the first time.<\/p>\n

Data captured by the ALMA telescope in Chile and the James Webb Space Telescope<\/a> showed planets forming around a star in the first record of its kind.<\/p>\n

The findings, detailed in a study <\/a>published on Wednesday, showed how scientists observed a gaseous plate being formed around a star \u2013 the first step in the birth of a new solar system.<\/p>\n

Professor Melissa McCure from the Leiden University in the Netherlands said: \u2018For the first time, we have identified the earliest moment when planet formation is initiated around a star other than our Sun.\u2019<\/p>\n

The new solar system is being formed around a baby or \u2018proto\u2019 star named HOPS-315 located some 1300 light-years from Earth.<\/p>\n

Scientists believe the unique sighting can paint a picture of how our solar system was formed, as well as help us better understand the planetary formation process.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tJets of silicon monoxide blowing away from HOPS-315, a star located some 1300 light years from Earth (Picture: ESO)<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tThis is HOPS-315, a baby star where astronomers have observed evidence for the earliest stages of planet formation (Picture: ESO)<\/p>\n

Merel van\u2018t Hoff, of Purdue University in the USA, who co-authored the study, said the nascent planetary system resembles what our solar system would have looked like when it was beginning to form.<\/p>\n

She said: \u2018This system is one of the best that we know to actually probe some of the processes that happened in our Solar System.\u2019<\/p>\n

A solar system is formed from solid material within meteorites, which condense and then bind themselves together.<\/p>\n

The pieces of matter begin to form tiny planets or \u2018plantesimals\u2019 before they form larger full size planets.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tThis chart shows the location of the nascent star HOPS-315 in the constellation Orion (Picture: ESO)<\/p>\n

The first minerals around HOPS-315 were detected by the James Webb Space Telescope, before the ALMA Telescope was used to identify exactly where they originated.<\/p>\n

ESO astronomer Elizabeth Humphreys, who manages the European ALMA Programme Manager said she was \u2018really impressed\u2019 with the study.<\/p>\n

She said: \u2018It suggests that HOPS-315 can be used to understand how our own Solar System formed. This result highlights the combined strength of JWST and ALMA for exploring protoplanetary discs.\u2019<\/p>\n

Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For more stories like this, check our news page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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