Mikko Tuomi

Planets might be more common throughout the #Universe than previously thought.

The ingredients for #planet formation have turned up in part of a nearby #galaxy where it was thought #planets might not emerge.

Researchers looked at NGC 346, a highly active star-forming region in a galaxy near the Milky Way called the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC).

Theu found enough #dust to indicate planet formation was possible.

#astronomy #astrobiology
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01418-x?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=nature&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1682352793-1

JWST spots planetary building blocks in a surprising galaxy

Planets might be more common throughout the Universe than previously thought, suggest results from the James Webb Space Telescope.

Apr 25, 2023 at 4:12amWeb
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@mustapipa

thoughts? https://vimeo.com/819801419

Lunarchy: decolonising time by Camilla Power, 18 April 2023

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Show threadBreak PointApr 25, 2023

@mustapipa

It is true, even if we take every human being living on this planet and who will be born in the next 100 years and give each one of them a planet then also there will be plenty of planets left over.
The only point is that how many of these planets will be rocky terrestrial worlds? Worlds on which we can walk and setup habitats. Even if we look at Gas Giants or Ice Giants, if they are not close to their stars then they will have a plethora of moons.

Show threadBreak PointMay 22, 2023

@mustapipa

plenty of planets left over.

That is an understatement. We will run out of human beings well before we will run out of solar systems. And that is only in our galaxy. There just might be more galaxies than solar systems in our galaxy.