Planetary Formation (IMAGE)

University of Oxford

Planetary Formation

Caption

This is an image illustrating the late-stage building blocks of planetary formation (planetessimals and proto-planets) and the extensive volatile degassing that took place.

Credit

Ashley Norris, Oxford University

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