Discover why the solar system's planets are arranged as they are, shaped by formation conditions and planetary migration.

Stars and planets are inextricably linked. They form together and stars shape the fate of planets. Stars create the dusty ...

Astronomers have unveiled the largest planet-forming disk ever observed around a young star, a sprawling structure where gas ...

Leonardo Testi and team investigate the initial conditions for planet formation in this special astronomy focus ...

NASA has unveiled the largest planet-forming disc ever recorded, after capturing striking new images with the Hubble Space ...

Astronomers at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian have captured what may be the biggest planet-forming disk ...

Artist's conception of a protoplanetary disc, showing yellowish-gray rings of dust around a central yellow star. Clouds of dust and gas not far from our solar system are giving astronomers a rare ...

Researchers studying a distant star forming within a dusty cloud have found an abundance of water in its immediate vicinity, which could have implications for the origins of the water in our own solar ...

What appears to be a cosmic tornado is actually a Herbig-Haro jet. Material is ejected from a young star perpendicular to a protoplanetary disk, thought to be driven by the magnetic fields interacting ...

Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have imaged the largest protoplanetary disk ever observed circling a young star. For the first time in visible light, Hubble has revealed the disk is ...

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 ...

Star formation is an intricate process that transforms vast molecular clouds into newborn stars, often accompanied by the formation of circumstellar discs composed of gas and dust. These ...