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In less than 2 years, a star system's planet-forming disk just vanished -- and the same thing may have happened in our own solar system.
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A nearby solar system bears a striking similarity to our own solar system, raising the possibility it could harbor Earth-like planets. Epsilon Eridani, located about 10.5 light years from our sun, is surrounded by two asteroid belts... Read Post

Astronomers have discovered a new planet in another solar system orbiting a red giant star that provides clues into what may happen to our own solar system 5 billion years from now when our own, younger Sun becomes a gigantic old st... Read Post

A young star no more than 300,000 years old is surrounded by a disk of dust and gas rotating in the same manner as planets in our Solar System, making it the youngest such infant system yet found. Read Post