Artist's illustration of the early solar system (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

Artist's illustration of the early solar system

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Artist's illustration of the early solar system, at a time when no planets had formed yet. A swirling cloud of gas and dust surrounded the young sun. The cutaway through this so-called protoplanetary disk shows its three-dimensional structure.

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Heather Roper

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