But despite the violent behavior witnessed from V1647 and the surrounding disk, the star appears to have been relatively stable since the researchers began studying it in 2004.

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"Conditions within the disk will vary from star to star, and chance, as much as anything else, determined the precise end results for our Earth, " Livio said.

MSN: Earth's hot formation may be reason behind water shortage

Astronomers were interested in the star because the disk of materials around it showed certain asymmetries.

WSJ: Possible New Planet Spotted Under Formation

In January, another team of researchers reported evidence of vast streams of gas flowing across a gap in a disk of material around a young star.

WSJ: Possible New Planet Spotted Under Formation

The conclusion: The tiny bright blob was an object still embedded in the disk of material around the parent star, suggesting a planet in the earliest stages of coming into being.

WSJ: Possible New Planet Spotted Under Formation

The Knicks' frontcourt has been decimated by injuries, with All-Star center Tyson Chandler expected to miss a week with a bulging disk.

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Instead, gas and dust would simply have orbited around our star without moving inward, creating a so-called "dead zone" in the disk.

MSN: Earth's hot formation may be reason behind water shortage