🚨 Astronomers have witnessed the dawn of a new solar system! Using ALMA and JWST they observed the first specks of planet-forming material — hot minerals beginning to solidify around HOPS-315, a baby star 1300 light-years away. This marks the first time a planetary system has been identified at such an early stage in its formation – a window to the past of our own Solar System.
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ALMA image of HOPS-315, a still-forming planetary system
ALMA image of HOPS-315, a still-forming planetary system
 #astrodon #astronomy #astrophysics #space #science 📷 ALMA(ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/M. McClure et al image
Heads-up: we have images of a new interstellar visitor! ☄️ 👀 Comet #3IATLAS is only the third object ever spotted coming from beyond our Solar System. In this timelapse, our Very Large Telescope in #Chile observes the comet move across the night sky — just two days after its discovery! #astrodon #astronomy #astrophysics #space #science