Astronomers have unveiled an intriguing secret behind the dusty veil of a young star named T Chamaeleontis, quietly forming planets about 350 light-years from Earth when part of its circumstellar inner wall collapsed partially. This can help rewrite our understanding of how planetary systems evolve.

This study was published in The Astronomical Journal in a paper titled "When the Wall Fell: Study of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in T Chamaeleontis Using JWST", by R. Arun of IIA.

The paper can be downloaded from here

The PIB press release is here.

The DST press release is here.