A ‘river’ of cosmic gas 1 trillion miles long sent planets

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Reporting

Space.com reports that A 'river' of cosmic gas 1 trillion miles long sent planets in the Orion constellation into tilted orbits. A rare planet-forming disk around a young triple-star system in the Orion constellation has been tipped over by a river of gas over 1 trillion miles (1.6 trillion kilometers) long. The discovery, made at radio wavelengths with ALMA, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array in Chile, could explain why astronomers keep finding planets with orbits… The key issue is what the mission or observation makes possible next: better data, stronger hardware, new experiments, or clearer science.

The Details

• Space.com: A 'river' of cosmic gas 1 trillion miles long sent planets in the Orion constellation into tilted orbits
• A rare planet-forming disk around a young triple-star system in the Orion constellation has been tipped over by a river of gas over 1 trillion miles (1.6 trillion kilometers) long. The

Next Developments

• scientific results from the mission
• follow-up research publications
• practical applications on Earth