Warped Disks and Planetary Tilts: Clues from Exoplanet Formation

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Warped Disks and Planetary Tilts: Clues from Exoplanet Formation
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Recent observations of 15 planet-forming disks around young stars by ALMA reveal slight warps that may explain the tilts of planets in our solar system, suggesting that such disk warps are common and could influence planet formation and orbital inclinations.

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