Title
Artist's concept depicting a distant hypothetical solar system
Caption
Artist's concept depicting a distant hypothetical solar system, similar in age to our own. Looking inward from the system's outer fringes, a ring of dusty debris can be seen, and within it, planets circling a star the size of our Sun. This debris is all that remains of the planet-forming disk from which the planets evolved. Planets are formed when dusty material in a large disk surrounding a young star clumps together
Date
21th century
Credit line
Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library
Reference
ARP15A02_209
License type
Rights managed
Available size
52,3Mb (1,8Mb) / 19,0in x 10,7in / 5700 x 3207 (300dpi)