Why Might It Be Difficult for Earth-Like Planets to Form

question 85

Multiple Choice

Why might it be difficult for Earth-like planets to form around Sun-like stars in the outer parts of the disk of our galaxy?

• A) there would be insufficient amounts of heavy elements
• B) the stars would be packed together too densely for planets to be stable
• C) any stars would be sucked into the central supermassive black hole
• D) there would be too much harmful radiation

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