The James Webb Space Telescope detects methyl cation (CH3+) in a young star system with a protoplanetary disk that is located ...

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While astronomers have previously seen young discs that contain newborn, massive, Jupiter-like planets, McClure says, “we’ve ...

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The astronomers observed hot minerals just beginning to solidify – the first specks of planet-forming material, the ...

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A decade of observations by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has produced the sharpest and most detailed images of the Andromeda ...

Astrophotographer Greg Meyer has captured a spectacular image of the Fireworks Galaxy (NGC 6946) shining close to the dark shape of the Seahorse Nebula.

For the first time, astronomers have observed the moment when planets start forming around a distant star, revealing a process that sheds light on the birth of our own solar system.

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured a bright variable star, V 372 Orionis, and its companion in this festive image in this ...

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The Owl Nebula is an example of a planetary nebula — a type of object that yields glimpses of stellar death in slow motion.