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The 57 pages that link to Protoplanetary disk, each with the reason it gives.

• Star formationBroader topic: Disks left around young stars connect stellar birth to planetary-system formation.

• Molecular cloudBroader topic: The cloud's collapsing material can form the disks that seed planetary systems.

• Accretion diskBroader topic: Dust grains and gas in these disks accrete onto the star while assembling planetary systems.

• Star systemBroader topic: The disk is the material reservoir from which many planetary systems develop.

• Solar System formationBroader topic: The Solar System’s planets assembled within this disk around the newly forming Sun.

• Orion NebulaBroader topic: Many young stars in the nebula retain disks exposed to intense radiation.

• Accretion (astrophysics)Broader topic: Observed disks provide direct evidence of environments where accretion occurs.

• Very Large ArrayBroader topic: The array detects radio emission from cold dust and molecular gas in these disks.

• AstrochemistryBroader topic: Its molecular inventory records conditions during planet formation.

• Cosmic dustBroader topic: Dust in these disks gathers into larger solids that can become planetesimals.

• PhotoevaporationBroader topic: Stellar radiation can disperse its gas and limit the time available for planet formation.

• Formation and evolution of the Solar SystemBroader topic: The early Solar System was a protoplanetary disk in which solids accumulated.

• Submillimetre astronomyBroader topic: Submillimetre maps trace disk dust and reveal structures linked to planet formation.