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A star’s superexplosion may be tormenting baby planets

The extreme explosion of a young Sun-like star suggests that newly developing planets must exist in a very wild environment. A team of scientists from the Center for Astrophysics (CfA) used the Submillimeter Array (SMA), an array of telescopes on Maunakea in Hawaii, to observe the young star HD 283572. The team watched as HD… Read More »