{"id":4999,"date":"2020-04-30T10:17:52","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T09:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=4999"},"modified":"2020-04-30T10:17:52","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T09:17:52","slug":"astronomers-use-infrared-interferometry-to-study-planet-forming-disks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/astronomers-use-infrared-interferometry-to-study-planet-forming-disks\/4999\/","title":{"rendered":"Astronomers use infrared interferometry to study planet-forming disks"},"content":{"rendered":"
Discovered by an international team of researchers, these planet-forming disks form around young stars<\/a> and are made of dust and gas. Published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics<\/em><\/a>, the images shed new light on how planetary systems are formed.<\/p>\n Planet-forming disks are formed in unison with the star they surround. The dust grains in the disks can grow into larger bodies, eventually leading to the formation of planets. Terrestrial planets like the Earth are believed to form in the inner regions of planet-forming disks, less than five astronomical units from the star around which the disk has formed.<\/p>\n