"Burger in space" a feast for space explorers

By- Srushti sharma

The image prepared by analysing the spetra resembles a hamburger complete with brown buns, green lettuce and more.

When our solar system formed, the Sun was the first to form out of clumps of gaseous clouds that came together

After the Sun was formed, the remaining material was still revolving around it. This 'protoplanetary' disc eventually gave rise to planets.

Researchers have used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to click a space 'hamburger'.

In a layman terms, this is the very first ice map of a protoplanetary disc around a young star.

The protoplanetary disc around a young star can contain many elements.

The presence of ice in the protoplanetary disc helps matter clump together.

This may, in turn, help the formation of planets or even comets around the star.

 The study of protoplanetary discs can reveal a lot about formation of our solar system and models of planet formation.