protoplanetary disk
There Could be Planets Orbiting Around Supermassive Black Holes
A team of scientists from Japan have theorized that planetary systems could form around Supermassive Black Holes.
Astronomers See Adorable Baby Planets Forming Around a Young Star
370 light years away from us, a solar system is making baby planets. The star at the center of it…
A Star’s Outburst is Releasing Organic Molecules Trapped in the ice Around it
A new study by an international team of astronomers has discovered the presence of organic molecules in the disk of…
Bad News. Planets Orbiting Red Dwarfs Might not have the Raw Materials for Life
New research from the Hubble Space Telescope and the ESO's Very Large Telescope is dampening some of the enthusiasm in…
Finally, the Missing Link in Planetary Formation!
A new study by an international team of scientists may be the "missing link" in our understanding of how planets…
ALMA Captures Never-Before-Seen Details of Protoplanetary Disk
ALMA, a network of radio telescopes, creates the most detailed images ever of a solar system forming around a nearby…
Pluto-like Objects Turn to Dust Around a Nearby Young Star
A planetary system’s early days readily tell of turmoil. Giant planets are swept from distant birthplaces into sizzling orbits close…
High Potential for Life Circling Alpha Centauri B, our Nearest Neighbor
While exoplanets make the news on an almost daily basis, one of the biggest announcements occurred in 2012 when astronomers…
Here There Be Planets: Stellar Disk Gap May Reveal Newborn Worlds
HiCIAO near-infrared image of the protoplanetary disk around PDS 70. The circular mask hides the star itself, as well as…
Young Magnetic Star Possesses Precise Carbon Dioxide Ring
[/caption] Catching a ring - or accretion disk - around a star isn't unusual. However, catching a sharply defined carbon-dioxide…