Astronomers Capture First Image of a Growing Planet
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How the first sentence reads at every level, from A1 to C2.
- A1
Astronomers have a new picture.
- A2
Astronomers have taken a new picture of a growing planet.
- B1
Astronomers have captured the first complete image of a growing gas planet.
- B2
Astronomers have captured the first complete image of a growing gas planet interacting with the gas in its surrounding disk.
- C1
Planets form in rings of gas and dust around young stars.
- C2
Planets begin their existence by taking shape within rings of gas and dust that circle young stars.
Key words
Words from the B1 text, with their meaning.
- interact
- to act in such a way as to have an effect on another
- surrounding
- being all around a particular place or thing
- mass
- the amount of matter in an object
- swirl
- a twisting or spiralling movement or pattern
- predict
- to say that an event or action will happen in the future
- gap
- an empty space or opening in the middle of something
Rewritten with AI from facts reported by Max Planck Society. Read the original for the full report.