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ByNick Collins, Science Correspondent6:07PM GMT 28 Feb 2013

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Astronomers studying the disc of gas and dust surrounding the young

star HD 100546, which at 335 light-years is relatively near to Earth,

believe they are witnessing the birth of a gas giant similar to Jupiter,although up to three times larger.

If their discovery is confirmed, it would allow huge leaps in our

understanding of how planets take shape by allowing scientists to

compare their theories against direct observations from the new planet.

Dr Sascha Quanz of ETH Zurich, a Swiss university, explained: "So far,

planet formation has mostly been a topic tackled by computer

simulations.

If our discovery is indeed a forming planet, then for the first time

scientists will be able to study the planet formation process and the

interaction of a forming planet and its natal environment empirically at a

very early stage.

It has already been suggested that a giant planet orbits HD 100546, a

star which has been rigorously studied by astronomers, at about six

times the distance from the star as the Earth is from the Sun.

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"So we're going to keep a close look at this planet for next billion years or so and

see what happens."

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fried_eggYesterday 06:04 AM

They are seeing "what they want to see"

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adam-ent02/28/2013 11:49 PM

Emergence of UKip possibly?

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steamer02/28/2013 11:37 PM

"they are witnessing the birth of a gas giant"......

..........................

Oh yes...DT; please use correct English.....birth of whatever in space takes

millions/light years; whatever, the way the article is written would suggest the

object is being seen born overnight.

In reality the bugger will stil l be there pretty well as it is, when human life on thisplanet expires.

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loftocracy02/28/2013 11:35 PM

It shall be named UKIP

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dontbehastyYesterday 05:59 AM

Because it's completely inhospitable and millions of miles from where

humanity belongs?

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Fyrd Judge02/28/2013 07:18 PM

Are they going to name it, The Eric Pickles Arse

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ptstroud02/28/2013 06:38 PM

Very interesting. Presumably this plannet will take many millions of years todevelop. So countless PhDs and a few Nobel prizes will be forthcoming over the

centuries, or even the remainder of time that life on earth, as we know it, exists.

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bunnydear02/28/2013 06:10 PM

It's not a plant. It's Nigel Farage's ego.

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It's not that big yet

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02/28/2013 06:07 PM

Dear Telegraph,

it really is pointless to write such articles for your newspaper because comments

regarding space technology, the planets, the galaxy or universe always result inpredictable jokey political comments which have nothing to do with the subject.

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fried_eggYesterday 06:06 AM

but i thought when you take, science and politics and put them together

you get jokey political science?

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Try getting your science news from somewhere other than the

Telegraph. In fact if you got most your news elsewhere you'd probably bea happier more well informed human being.

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handofgod137Yesterday 05:44 AM

At least there hasn't been a major invasion by the god-squad, and most

of the really scientific-illiterate squat in their sea of ignorance in

Delingpole's blog. That being said, I'm pleasantly surprised that there's

no derp stating "It's AGW lol!!111!!!" here yet (although it's only a matter of

time...).

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Voodoo_Chile02/28/2013 08:20 PM

Because, thanks to the UK's inexplicable attitude to science over the

last couple of decades, most of the posters couldn't tell a supernova from

their arse.

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Martin Lee MeenaghYesterday 01:03 AM

I can easily tell a supernova from my arse. One brings forth a

bright light, which shines greater than the sun and illuminates

all i t falls upon, and the other is an exploding star.

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SoIntenseYesterday 01:36 AM

Haha.

In my case, one is a source of explosive energy so devastating

that it can lay waste to entire star systems and wipe planets

clean of life, and the other is etc, etc.

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CygnusX_302/28/2013 06:43 PM

I couldn't agree more! I wish they'd take their mindless drivel and post

elsewhere.

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dante02/28/2013 06:05 PM

I know an expert in Ireland, Professor J. Dean who, like Prof B. Cox is a pianist.

He insists it is just an existing planet that has been knocked out of its orbit.

He used to be an astronaut too!

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hezza02/28/2013 05:34 PM

Seen for the first time?

Rubbish.

I saw this years ago - took a photo and tweeted it. Even Sally Berk cow retweeted it.

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twiz99902/28/2013 05:04 PM

It looks as though the planet is being born marked by the cross of St. George. TheUniverse has spoken.

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kulvinder02/28/2013 04:52 PM

Do they see godly hands making the super planet

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True_Belle02/28/2013 04:30 PM

Why isn't it a dying star?

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Lord Haw-Haw.02/28/2013 05:30 PM

HD 100546 is a young star, our own British astronomers Paul Cresswell& Richard Nelsen + Phil Hellary have previously done numericalsimulations which show in the initial stages protoplanets migrate inward

toward the host star in 98% of cases only in the remaining 2% is the

protoplanet ejected:

http://arxiv.org/pdf/1112.2997...

Their commendable work on planetary system formation and mutualresonance toward the central star may well be observationally endorsed

in the foreseeable future.

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bob302/28/2013 03:58 PM

How's it going in Eastleigh

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