accretion
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Earlier models based on our solar system suggested that planets forming through core accretion would not have enough time to grow so massive before the young star dispersed the surrounding disk of gas.
From Science Daily
In these environments, black holes experienced brief but intense growth spurts through a process known as 'super Eddington accretion'.
From Science Daily
Those states could also see ice accretions of around an inch caused by freezing rain, a dangerous phenomenon where supercooled rain droplets freeze instantly on surfaces.
From BBC
The way this material is gathered, known as accretion, and where it ultimately lands on the white dwarf depend largely on the strength of the white dwarf's magnetic field.
From Science Daily
But for SGH, “we find accretion and leverage outcomes relatively resilient to changes in bid prices owing to solid deal multiple arbitrage,” they say.
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