The Hubble Space Telescope has captured imagery of the "largest protoplanetary disk ever imaged" known as IRAS 23077+6707 and ...

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We were astonished to see just how asymmetric this disk is,” says Joshua Bennett Lovell of the Center for Astrophysics. That understatement frames one of the most remarkable protoplanetary systems ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered the richest "menu" of hydrocarbons ever seen in a planet-forming disk. This observation, which involved the protoplanetary disk around ...

It's the first time that methyl cation has been detected in space. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The James Webb Space Telescope ...

ALMA has spotted ring and spiral structures in protoplanetary disks just 300,000 or so years old. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

A team of international astronomers led by Richard Teague, the Kerr-McGee Career Development Professor in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS), has gathered the most ...

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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 ...