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surrounding a star

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  • The term circumstellar habitable zone (CHZ) is used to describe a ring sized shape of the best places for the survival of life in a system.
  • Huge amounts of matter and energy are dispelled into what is known as the circumstellar environment.
  • The star is so young that it still has a so-called circumstellar disk of dust and gas around it, from which planets are being formed.
  • The effect of a circumstellar dust cloud could be a possible explanation.
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