Hubble Space Telescope observations of white dwarf star G238-44 has shown that it is "consuming both rocky-metallic and icy ...

As a young star develops, so too does a protoplanetary disk of dust and gas around it, ready to birth new planets. Scientists have just discovered more about IRAS 23077+6707, the largest ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured the largest planet-forming disk ever seen, a massive, burger-shaped cloud of dust 1,000 light-years away from Earth. - NASA / ESA / STScI / Kristina Monsch / ...

The Hubble Space Telescope time-lapse captured footage of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Credit: SCIENCE: NASA, ESA, ...

The venerable Hubble observatory is going strong despite its decades in space and the advent of next-generation successors ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope detected material from a Pluto-like body spiraling into a white dwarf star 260 light-years away from Earth. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Tim Pyle illustration For the ...

Astronomers at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian have captured what may be the biggest planet-forming disk ever seen around a young star; and it looks unexpectedly wild. Using NASA’s ...

Hubble identified the largest known protoplanetary disk, revealing a turbulent, chaotic environment with material extending above and below the disk, offering new insight into planet formation.

Roughly 1,000 light-years away from Earth, a gigantic disk of gas and dust is swirling around a young star and giving rise to new planets. Not only is it the largest planet-forming disk astronomers ...

Astronomers have found a planet-forming disk that looks like a solar system on steroids. The telescope has captured the system from its side profile, allowing researchers to study its structure in ...