The rotation of a protoplanetary disk (a disk where planets are being formed) has been observed directly for the very first ...

How do you weigh a planet you can't see? Astronomers may have the answer and it involves "reading between the rings," the ...

A bright ring of dust circling a young star can look calm from far away. In reality, it may mark one of the messiest moments ...

Another puzzle piece in how our solar system formed. The post Scientists Spot What Appears to Be a Ring-Shaped “Planet ...

Astronomers have developed a novel technique that utilises the physical properties of circumstellar disks to calculate the ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — New observations of the Orion Nebula at infrared wavelengths reveal that small dust grains located in disks around young stars are growing, taking the initial steps toward forming ...

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 ...

University of Warwick astronomers have found a new way to estimate the masses of planets hidden inside the dusty disks surrounding young stars.

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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 ...