A new study reveals a dust trap beyond Jupiter's orbit acted as a breeding ground, forming distinct generations of planetesimals over millions of years. When planetesimals were formed The baby sun was surrounded by a huge disk of dust and gas about 4.6 billion years ago. Some of this dust stuck together to form the planetesimals. The process was far from simple. Studies across decades have shown that... [4178 chars]
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