  Astronomers
using the Hubble telescope have uncovered the strongest evidence
yet that the planet-making process is common in the Milky Way
Galaxy.
Observations clearly reveal that great disks of dust — the
raw material for planet formation — are swirling around at least
half and probably many more of the stars in the Orion Nebula, a
star-forming region only 1,500 light-years from Earth.
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Credit: C.R.
O'Dell/Rice University; NASA
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