SPHERE’s detailed images of dusty rings around young stars offer a rare glimpse into the hidden machinery of planet formation. These bright arcs and faint clouds reveal where tiny planet-building ...

Planets are being born right now, and we can finally see it happening. This video reveals how modern telescopes like ALMA, Hubble, and James Webb are capturing real-time images of protoplanetary discs ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. ALMA observations of carbon monoxide emission from 15 protoplanetary disks reveal a stunning ...

Screenshot of a newly discovered exoplanet as it makes its slow journey around two stars. To obtain the image of the planet, astronomers needed to remove the stars' glare. Two star icons mark the ...

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Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy has millions of fans worldwide who love the stunning images he captures and creates of the ...

Astronomers using the mighty James Webb Space Telescope have captured direct images of four planets in a star system 130 light years from Earth — an astonishingly eagle-eyed feat of cosmic photography ...

In a landmark achievement, the James Webb Space Telescope has discovered its first exoplanet. About the same mass as Saturn, it was found in a star system about 111 light-years distant. It’s also the ...

Astronomers have found a planet-forming disk that looks like a solar system on steroids. New images from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have revealed an enormous, oddly shaped disk of gas and dust ...

Is it a two-for-sun deal. Astronomers were blown away after discovering a bizarre exoplanet that orbits twin stars closer than any ever seen before in a binary star system, per a starry study ...

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