Astronomers can now measure newborn planet mass from dusty stellar rings
A bright ring of dust circling a young star can look calm from far away. In reality, it…
Behold ‘Dracula’s Chivito,’ the Largest Planet Nursery Astronomers Have Ever Seen
Roughly 1,000 light-years away from Earth, a gigantic disk of gas and dust is swirling around a young…
Why Are Planets Tilted In Our Solar System? This Study Has A Theory
When you see art of our solar system as the planet orbit the sun, you may notice that…
Building Blocks of Life Discovered Circling a Baby Star
Molecules capable of forming the precursors to sugars and amino acids have been detected, for the first time,…