This is a still from a simulation of a forming planetary disk, made by University of Warwick and Stephen Hawking Research Fellow Rebecca Nealon. The images show the rotating inner disk along the top ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a spectacular new image of the largest and most unusual protoplanetary disk ever observed around a single star. The object, officially known as IRAS 23077+6707 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A simulation of gas swirling around a black hole. The colors show the density of the gas, with brighter colors representing higher ...

• Astronomers have discovered a 34-million-year-old planet-forming disk around a small red star more than 30 million years after such disks typically disappear, challenging our understanding of how ...

In a recent study published in Nature Astronomy, a team of astronomers have observed a massive young star near the center of the Milky Way that has developed mysterious spiral arms. The team used the ...

Astronomers at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian have captured what may be the biggest planet-forming disk ever seen around a young star; and it looks unexpectedly wild. Using NASA’s ...

New simulations offer new explanation for star's 85-year flare. In this scenario, a young giant planet is burning up very close to its star, suggesting solar systems may have hosted many of such ...

A planet-forming disk with more water than all of Earth's oceans has been discovered. The disk, which is located in the constellation Taurus, is 450 light-years away from Earth. Astronomers used the ...