#  Planets Can Form in the Galactic Center 

 





September 11, 2012

 

 

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*In this artist's conception, a protoplanetary disk of gas and dust (red) is being shredded by the powerful gravitational tides of our galaxy's central black hole.*   
*Credit: David A. Aguilar (CfA)*

At first glance, the center of the Milky Way seems like a very inhospitable place to try to form a planet. Stars crowd each other as they whiz through space like cars on a rush-hour freeway. Supernova explosions blast out shock waves and bathe the region in intense radiation. Powerful gravitational forces from a super-massive black hole twist and warp the fabric of space itself.

- [CFA Press Release](http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/2012/pr201227.html)
- [Nature Article](http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=newssearch&cd=1&ved=0CCsQ-AsoATAA&url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/48996840/ns/technology_and_science-space/&ei=QJ5QUKrxKajn0QHcu4CoAg&usg=AFQjCNHgPNuzpgu9ydU2GyqQYbYA4o_R6A&sig2=wCj0o20EYiPzXTaPg-IWQw&cad=rja)
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