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Unlikely nursery for new planets is next to massive black hole

3/25/2015

 

Blobs of planet-forming dust swirl within three light-years of Milky Way center, study claims

As if the menagerie of known worlds in the Milky Way weren’t strange enough, now there might be solar systems forming within three light-years of the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy. This harsh environment is a dangerous place for planets, which risk getting torn away by the black hole if they even form at all.
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