Red Dwarves Have Surprisingly Slow Planetary Formation

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Artist's impression of the disk around one of two newly discovered red dwarves. Credit: ANU

There may be more ways to make a planet than we realized, at least when it comes to timing. Red dwarfs have been found with disks apparently taking much longer to coalesce into planets than was previously thought possible. Coincidently, the announcement comes only days after the announcement of exceptionally rapid planet formation.