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Published the study in August 2026
The James Webb Space Telescope surveyed 72 young sun-like stars and found their planet-forming disks lose gas through two distinct wind mechanisms in sequence. Magnetic fields drive strong jets and molecular winds in the youngest systems, then high-energy starlight heats the thinning gas until it escapes in a process called photoevaporation.
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