written by ashley strickland, on april 29th, 2022

who: lead study author alain lecavelier des etangs, cnrs researcher at the institut d’astrophysique de paris, 
what: a forming solar system has a lot of comets and is at the perfect position in our sky for us to observe and study
when: study published aprill 28th, 2022
where: the solar system of the star beta pictoris
why: because the system in question majorly mirrors our own, just at a very early age in formation 

interesting fact: we will be able to figure out major mysteries about our solar system formation by watching beta pictoris over the years

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