New insights into birth of giant planets like Jupiter and Saturn

[quote]ASTRONOMERS using the most advanced land telescope in the world say they have unlocked knowledge about how formidable "gas giant" planets such Jupiter and Saturn cóme into being.

These vast but uninhabitable worlds are created by gobbling up gas and dust that envelope young stárs in a murky disc, they believe.

The evidence cómes from observations of a youthful star called HD 142527, which is located more than 450 light years from Earth.

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