A key method of forming planets finally has observational evidence, thanks to a network of radio telescopes in the U.K. that ...

The James Webb Space Telescope detects methyl cation (CH3+) in a young star system with a protoplanetary disk that is located ...

Hubble captures three infant stars lighting up a blue nebula, with a secret protostar forming in a shadowed disc below.

By then, the protoplanetary nebula, a massive gas-and-dust disc encircling the newly formed Sun, was beginning to fade. This was the turning point when the supplies meant for planetary building ...

A new study reveals that about 3.8 million years after the Solar System began forming, Jupiter was much larger and had a stronger magnetic field than it does today. Researchers analyzed its early ...

One stage that stars pass through as they run out of nuclear fuel is called the preplanetary or protoplanetary nebula stage.

After these stars formed from gas and dust in the nebula that underwent gravitational collapse, the remaining material fell around the new stars to form protoplanetary disks.

Although this debunks the previous assumptions about protoplanetary disks, it also confirms earlier images from the mid-2000s from NASA’s Hubble Telescope.

Chondritic meteorites (chondrites) are some of the oldest rocks in our solar system, forming 4.5 billion years ago. Therefore, their primitive composition means that they offer a window into the ...

In the Orion Nebula, the brightest and most massive stars emit intense ultraviolet radiation that illuminates protoplanetary disks, allowing them to be photographed in unusual detail.

Newborn stars are surrounded by disks of gas and dust within which planets are born, known as protoplanetary disks. In the Orion Nebula, the brightest and most massive stars emit intense ultraviolet ...