"An artistic animation of the planet's accretion, which is probably being accelerated by strong magnetic fields, researchers say."
"A very hungry planet is gobbling up to 6 billion tonnes of gas and dust each second1."
An artistic animation depicts a planet undergoing rapid accretion that is probably being accelerated by strong magnetic fields. The planet is absorbing gas and dust at rates up to 6 billion tonnes per second. Such a high mass-accretion rate implies rapid planetary growth and significant modification of the surrounding protoplanetary disk. Strong magnetic fields can channel ionized material and enhance inflow onto the planet, altering angular-momentum transport. Characterizing these magnetically influenced accretion flows helps constrain models of planet formation and disk evolution across different stellar environments. Quantifying these rates provides benchmarks for comparing theoretical predictions and observational signatures.
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