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 in planetary birth, where gas, pebbles, and gravity are still fighting over ...

How do you dust a star for fingerprints? It's certainly a strange question, but a team of researchers think they have the answer. Their findings could help us better understand how planets are born.

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

Astronomers have succeeded in observing the magnetic field around a young star where planets are thought to be forming. The team was able to use dust to measure the three-dimensional structure ...

You're likely quite familiar with the standard method of dusting for fingerprints portrayed in so many movies and TV shows, but that method doesn't pick up every potential fingerprint. Using ...