JWST Just Captured the Birth of a Solar System

This is HOPS-315. The James Webb Space Telescope has peered inside a cocoon of gas and dust, revealing a spectacular event for the first time ever. We’re witnessing the birth of a solar system not unlike our own, with proto-planets forming in real-time. Could this discovery finally unlock the secrets of our own solar system’s origin? ▀▀▀▀▀▀ 0:00 How Solar Systems Are Born 5:13 How Do Planets Form? 6:26 HOPS-315 8:44 Baby Planets 9:46 Breaking the Models 12:24 What’s Next For HOPS-315? ▀▀▀▀▀▀ To stay on top of space news, sign up to the Astrum newsletter: https://astrumspace.kit.com Astrum Displate Posters: https://displate.com/astrumspace?art=5f04759ac338b Astrum Merch: https://astrum-shop.fourthwall.com/ Join us on the Astrum discord: https://discord.gg/TKw8Hpvtv8 A huge thanks to our Patreons who help make these videos possible. Sign-up here to support the channel: https://bit.ly/4aiJZNF ▀▀▀▀▀▀ Astrum Podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6jPRrbq3o3dpvBb173ZTKi?si=a90d3efe3b704c83 Astrum Earth: https://youtube.com/@astrumearth Astrum Extra: https://www.youtube.com/@astrumextra Astrum Spanish: https://www.youtube.com/@astrumespanol Astrum Portuguese: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChn_-OwvV63mr1yeUGvH-BQ ▀▀▀▀▀▀ References: “JWST spots hot mineral condensation in a protostellar system”, via seti.org https://astrumspace.info/jwstcondensation “How do planets form?”, via nasa.gov https://astrumspace.info/planetformation “How our Solar System was born”, via nhm.ac.uk https://astrumspace.info/solarsystembirth “Refractory solid condensation detected in an embedded protoplanetary disk”, via eso.org https://astrumspace.info/ref_condn “Earliest moments of planet formation seen for the first time”, via nhm.ac.uk https://astrumspace.info/earliestformation “Condensation sequence in planetary systems”, via springer.com https://astrumspace.info/condn_seq “Terrestrial planet and asteroid belt formation”, via nature.com https://astrumspace.info/terrestrialformation “Planetesimal formation by gravitational instability”, via iopscience.iop.org https://astrumspace.info/planetesimals “Astronomers see planet formation ‘time zero’ in an alien solar system”, via scientificamerican.com https://astrumspace.info/timezero “How ALMA works”, via almaobservatory.org https://astrumspace.info/alma ▀▀▀▀▀▀ Credits: Writer: Julia Masselos Video Editor: Eduardo Solórzano Researcher: Shourya Shrivastava Script Editor: Damaris McColgan Thumbnail Designer: Peter Sheppard Publishing Lead: Georgina Brenner Production Manager: Raquel Taylor Edit Producer: Poppy Pinnock Head of Astrum: Jess Jordan Creator of Astrum: Alex McColgan With special thanks to: NASA/ESO/ESA #Astrum #Space #HOPS-315 #SolarSystem