Newborn Star's 'Snow Line' Reveals Clues About Planet Formation »

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Astronomers have identified the point where carbon monoxide (CO) freezes in the disk around a sunlike star — information that could help them understand how planets form. Researchers calculated the CO "snow line" for a star called TW Hydrae, whose disk Source Main page (current trends)

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