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Nature 452, xii (13 March 2008) | doi:10.1038/7184xiib; Published online 12 March 2008

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Many stars are surrounded by a swirling mass of interstellar dust, known as a protoplanetary disk. Over millennia, the dust coagulates to form pebbles, then boulders and, eventually, planets.

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