But a new analysis shows that TW Hydrae retains a surprisingly hefty circumstellar disk, implying that the star could still be forming giant planets.

但是一项新的分析显示：长蛇座TW周围仍然环绕着异常巨大的碟状物，这说明长蛇座TW仍然在形成行星。

Researchers from the U. S., Germany and the Netherlands pointed the European Space Agency's orbiting Herschel Space Observatory at TW Hydrae to investigate the star's disk.

来自美国、德国和荷兰的研究人员将欧洲太空总署的赫歇尔空间天文观测台指向长蛇座tw，以研究其周围环绕的碟状星云。