Astronomers have spotted a planetary system being conceived from the swirl of gas and dust surrounding a star, giving us an unprecedented, real-time look at how our solar system would've formed some 4.6 billion years ago. Their findings, published as a study in the journal Nature, are the first time we're seeing such an early stage of planets being formed.  "We've captured a direct glimpse of the hot region where rocky planets like Earth are born around young protostars," Melissa McClure at the Leiden Observatory told the Associated Press. "For the first time, we can conclusively say that the first […]