Most disks observed were about 30 astronomical units wide, roughly 30 times the Earth-Sun distance. The presence of intricate structures in such early systems implies a parallel evolution of infant ...

We are entering a new era of cosmic exploration. The new Vera C Rubin Observatory in Chile will transform astronomy with its ...

In a stellar nursery 460 light-years away, astronomers sharpened old ALMA data and spotted crisp rings and spirals swirling ...

"The extraordinary results are an essential step toward understanding the initial conditions that lead to the formation of ...

Stars are born in "stellar nurseries," or regions of galaxies with an abundance of gas and dust that can become overly dense and collapse to form infant stars, or "protostars."More accurately ...

The debut images from a powerful telescope at Chile's Vera Rubin Observatory show distant galaxies and star-forming regions ...

A powerful new telescope in Chile is set to transform astronomy, and its first pictures of stellar nurseries and galaxies have just been unveiled ...

The powerful device will scan the sky like never before, capturing vast amounts of data to reveal how the universe changes ...

The Vera C Rubin Observatory in Chile has shared its initial images. These images showcase cosmic wonders like the Trifid and ...

However, Sgr B2 appears to be the exception. Although its rate of present massive star formation is unusually low, like the ...

Astronomers have discovered the first step in planet birth, finding hitherto unseen structures in 78 planetary disks in the ...