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Space experts claim that protoplanetary disks, which is a combination of dust and gas rings around newly born stars, are the places where new planets take birth.
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These disks are known to exist all over the universe but creation and development of planets within them wasn’t yet been confirmed with evidence.
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According to scientists, detection or finding of planets is quite difficult as these planets are surrounded by thick layers of gases and dust.
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Recently, LkCa 15, a protoplanetary disk in the Taurus constellation, 518 light years away from Earth, was inspected for a planetary presence.
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At about a distance, equal to 42 times the distance between Earth and the Sun, from the star, two bright planets covered with rings of dust and gas were found.
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These planets were orbiting the star and looked very much like a small Neptune or Saturn. The discovery of these planets was a stunning example of hunt for new exoplanets.
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