Planets also form where matter is, as they are formed by the disk of matter that fuels the forming star. We were watching youThe star in question is called AB Aurigae, and it is a very young star located 500 light-years from the Sun. And the researchers apparently found one, now called AB Aurigae b, at about 100 astronomical units of AB Aurigae (each astronomical unit is the typical distance between the Earth and the Sun). The imaging also shows some faint objects resembling AB Aurigae b, but further afield (430 and 580 AUs). Closer to the host star, gas giants are thought to form by accretion of large rocky cores that then begin to pull gas.

Source: The Star April 07, 2022 17:13 UTC