"The direct mapping of ice in a planet-forming disk provides important input for modeling studies that help to better understand the formation of our Earth." When you purchase through links on our ...

A new image of a proplyd with a comet-like appearance has deepened the mystery of these radiation-proof planetary nurseries. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

While questions about the universe abound, a James Webb Space Telescope image has recently raised others. The telescope's high-resolution Near-Infrared Camera snapshot of a pair of forming young stars ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope observed three galaxies in the universe's very early stages. The galaxies were likely forming around when our universe was 400 million to 600 million years old.

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has directly photographed evidence of a Jupiter-like protoplanet forming through what researchers describe as an “intense and violent process.” This discovery supports a ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has scored another first, detecting evidence of water in a planet-forming disc circling another star where at least two terrestrial-class proto-planets seem to be ...

University of Illinois researchers 3D print flat carbon-fiber structures that morph into curved satellite components in space ...

What stage of a star’s life do planets start forming? This is what a recent study published in Nature Communications hopes to address as a pair of researchers from the Southwest Research Institute ...

Astronomers are celebrating NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope’s 33rd launch anniversary with an ethereal photo of a nearby star-forming region, NGC 1333. The nebula is in the Perseus molecular cloud, and ...

Land managers overseeing some of the most popular parks in the Denver metro are shaping a plan for the near future. Jefferson County Open Space calls it a ”Conservation Greenprint” — meant to be “a ...