We can't understand what we can't clearly see. That fact plagues scientists who study how planets form. Planet formation happens…
The exoplanet census now stands at 5,599 confirmed discoveries in 4,163 star systems, with another 10,157 candidates awaiting confirmation. So…
Stars shape their solar systems. It's true of ours, and it's true of others. But for some massive stars, their…
One of contemporary astronomy's most pressing questions concerns planet formation. We can see more deeply than ever into very young…
Researchers using the ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) have found three iron rings around a young star about 500…
In the quest to understand how and where life might arise in the galaxy, astronomers search for its building blocks.…
The ESO's Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is perched high in the Chilean Andes. ALMA is made of 66 high-precision…
Everyone knows that the James Webb Space Telescope is a ground-breaking infrared space telescope that's helping us better understand the…
One big question about Earth’s formation is, where did all the water come from? New data from the James Webb…
A recent study presented at the National Astronomy Meeting 2023 (NAM2023) examines a newly discovered planetary formation theory that challenges…