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Old 20-10-2004, 07:54 AM
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How Planets Form: It's a Mess!

New observations of dust around young stars suggests collisions of large asteroid-like objects and fledgling planets are frequent. But that doesn't likely stop the formation of rocky planets like Earth, a process that may well be common, the results suggest.
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