A team of astronomers has achieved a breakthrough in observing planetary formation by directly tracking the rotation of a ...
The rotation of a protoplanetary disk (a disk where planets are being formed) has been observed directly for the very first ...
Still from a simulation of a forming planetary disk. The images show the rotating inner disk along the top half, and the shadow it casts on the outer disk in the lower half. CREDIT Rebecca Nealon / ...
In the surroundings of a young star located 444 light years away, a team of astronomers found what may be the precursor to life itself. Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in ...