Artist's conception of two young star systems observed by the Chandra X-ray Observatory. Data from the newborn star at left indicate X-rays are kicked up by matter falling onto the star. The right star is 10 million years old and its X-ray emissions look similar to our Sun's, meaning the disk of gas and dust is probably gone and planets may be partly or fully built.

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