
The James Webb Space Telescope provides an unprecedented view into the PDS 70 system; new images provide direct evidence that the planets are still growing and competing with their host star for material, supporting the idea that planets form through a process of ‘accretion’.
https://www.uvic.ca/science/home/news/witnessing-the-birth-of-planets.php
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Go Webb go!
Fine. 25 characters…
Go James Webb Space Telescope Go! Happy now?
What do they mean by “still growing”? It’s not exactly a 50-year process…
It’s there a theory for planet formation that DOESN’T use accretion?