Super Jupiters Formed Like Planets (IMAGE)

California Institute of Technology

Super Jupiters Formed Like Planets

Caption

One way gas giants form is through core accretion, where solid cores gradually grow in a disk by pulling in rocky and icy pebbles until they become massive enough to attract the gas that surrounds young stars.

Credit

Jean-Baptiste Ruffio

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