Scientists have clearly identified for the first time a moon-forming area around a planet beyond our solar system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ring-shaped area surrounds an exoplanet called PDS 70c. An exoplanet is a planet that orbits a star outside our solar system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The identified region is known as a circumplanetary disk. This is an area surrounding a planet where moons and other satellite objects can form. The disk is made up of gas and dust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Researchers from the ALMA observatory, which operates from Chile\u2019s Atacama desert, made the discovery. ALMA is the largest radio telescope in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PDS 70c is a gas giant discovered in 2019, the U.S. space agency NASA says. It is one of two exoplanets orbiting the orange-colored star PDS 70.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The exoplanets sit about 370 light years from Earth. A light year is the distance light travels in a year, about 9.5 trillion kilometers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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