Astronomers have long sought evidence to explain why comets at the outskirts of our own solar system contain crystalline ...

The presence of crystalline silicates in comets has been a long-standing conundrum. These minerals need intense heat to form, ...

A strange, sandwich-shaped object is giving astronomers a rare view of the chaotic birthplaces of planets.

"The combination of extreme disk size, strong asymmetries, winds, and potential planet formation makes it the perfect ...

New data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope shows where crystalline silicates form around young stars and how disk outflows transport them to colder, outer regions.

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captures visible and infrared images of protoplanetary disks, showing gas and dust structures ...

Astronomers discovered Gomez’s Hamburger, a massive protoplanetary disk. Edge-on view shows dust and gas layers with clumps ...

Many newly formed stars are surrounded by what are called protoplanetary disks, swirling masses of warm dust and gas that can constitute the core of a developing solar system. Proof of the existence ...

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Archival ALMA data revealed a large, expanding bubble near the protoplanetary disk of the young star WSB 52, located approximately 441 light-years away. The bubble's formation is hypothesized to ...