Astronomers have long believed that the swirling disks of gas and dust that form planets around young stars last only about 10 million years. However, a groundbreaking discovery shows that for certain ...

"In a sense, protoplanetary disks provide us with baby pictures of planetary systems, including a glimpse of what our solar system may have looked like in its infancy," said Long, the paper's lead ...

Protoplanetary disks represent an important stage in the formation of planets. Astronomers believe that the final composition of planets depends on the chemical process taking place within the disk.

JWST's findings in the HR 8799 system provide key insights into gas giant formation, revealing carbon dioxide and enriching ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has achieved groundbreaking discoveries in the field of exoplanet studies.

Studying young gas giant exoplanets' compositions and orbits could help us better understand how our own solar system's gas ...

“These dense, dusty cores are also likely candidates for protoplanetary disk formation.” “Besides revealing that a primary ingredient for life was already in place in the Universe 100 ...

Now, Webb, the most powerful instrument of its kind ever put into orbit, has investigated the stellar formation in unprecedented detail. Webb's target was a protoplanetary disk of dense gas and ...

The planet formation process would cause gaps ... small – one-tenth of the sun's mass or less. "In a sense, protoplanetary disks provide us with baby pictures of planetary systems, including ...