The Boomerang Nebula is classified as a protoplanetary nebula, thought to be a star system progressing toward the planetary nebula phase, the final stages of stellar evolution. Scientists believe ...

The Protoplanetary Disk and Planet Formation Approximately 4.6 billion years ago, our solar system originated from a vast cloud of gas and dust known as the solar nebula. As this nebula collapsed ...

The bodies that didn’t melt are a type of meteorite known as chondrites - sedimentary rocks that formed in the early solar nebula. Because they didn't melt, they’re pristine samples of the original ...

This nebula, located 160,000 light-years away ... The James Webb Space Telescope has captured an extraordinary image of HH 30, a protoplanetary disk in the Taurus constellation.