Left IRS 63 indicates stars and planets may grow up together more closely
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Rings detected around a newborn star may suggest that planets are born earlier than previously thought. Stars are born from dense clouds that collapse in on themselves under the force of their own gravity. As the blanket of gas and dust surrounding a nascent star, or protostar, shrinks over time, a disc forms around it that can give rise to baby planets, or protoplanets.