James Webb Telescope finds protoplanetary disks persisting longer than believed in the Small Magellanic Cloud.

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered protoplanetary disks in the Small Magellanic Cloud, challenging the belief that such disks dissipate quickly. These findings, which align with earlier Hubble Telescope images, show that disks can persist longer than previously thought, potentially due to large gas clouds or slower dissipation rates in the NGC 346 cluster. This discovery suggests more time for planet formation around these stars.

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