Images: Birth of a solar system
Astronomers have found what they say may be a miniature solar system in the making.
Birth of a solar system
This artist's conception shows a solar system in the making. A recently discovered brown dwarf, called OTS 44, is only 15 times the size of Jupiter.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle (SSC)
Birth of a solar system
In this artist's conception, the Sun's solar system is much bigger than this hypothetical brown-dwarf planetary system (bottom right).
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle (SSC)
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