Preventing stars from eating their young

Martin J. Duncan ()
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Martin J. Duncan: Engineering Physics and Astronomy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 7N6, Canada.

Nature, 2015, vol. 520, issue 7545, 40-41

Abstract: Researchers have found a mechanism that prevents newly forming giant-planet cores from spiralling in towards their parent stars. The result may explain why planets such as Saturn and Jupiter are where they are today. See Letter p.63

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1038/520040a

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