protoplanetary disks A baby binary star may be forming three different planetary systems around it SVS 13 is a binary star overachiever. By Phil Plait 2 weeks ago Psst! Wanna see an actual Hubble image of a planet forming around a nearby star? Theorized exoplanet AB Aurigae b now directly seen in photos. By Phil Plait 1 month ago Astronomers discover a huge expanding debris cloud from two colliding protoplanets! When worlds collide, they make a lot of dust. A lot. By Phil Plait 1 month ago We could find out how life on Earth spawned from largest molecules ever found around forming planets If aliens aren't out there now, they might be in the future. By Elizabeth Rayne 1 month ago Planets might still be able to crawl out of dying stars It's not zombification, but it kind of is. By Elizabeth Rayne 3 months ago Space warps can kill planetary systems before they’re born Let's not do the space warp again. By Cassidy Ward 3 months ago Stellar intruder makes a grazing hit-and-run on a pair of young stars Star's flyby disrupts a stellar nursery. By Phil Plait 3 months ago Being thankful: Hubble sees a baby star's shadow play A protostar's disk casts a long shadow across the sky. By Phil Plait 5 months ago Alien ingredients? Precursor molecules for life found where planets are born By Elizabeth Rayne 7 months ago A planet eats a disk while the disk eats a nebula. It’s eating all the way down By Phil Plait 1 year ago Load More
A baby binary star may be forming three different planetary systems around it SVS 13 is a binary star overachiever. By Phil Plait 2 weeks ago
Psst! Wanna see an actual Hubble image of a planet forming around a nearby star? Theorized exoplanet AB Aurigae b now directly seen in photos. By Phil Plait 1 month ago
Astronomers discover a huge expanding debris cloud from two colliding protoplanets! When worlds collide, they make a lot of dust. A lot. By Phil Plait 1 month ago
We could find out how life on Earth spawned from largest molecules ever found around forming planets If aliens aren't out there now, they might be in the future. By Elizabeth Rayne 1 month ago
Planets might still be able to crawl out of dying stars It's not zombification, but it kind of is. By Elizabeth Rayne 3 months ago
Space warps can kill planetary systems before they’re born Let's not do the space warp again. By Cassidy Ward 3 months ago
Stellar intruder makes a grazing hit-and-run on a pair of young stars Star's flyby disrupts a stellar nursery. By Phil Plait 3 months ago
Being thankful: Hubble sees a baby star's shadow play A protostar's disk casts a long shadow across the sky. By Phil Plait 5 months ago
Alien ingredients? Precursor molecules for life found where planets are born By Elizabeth Rayne 7 months ago
A planet eats a disk while the disk eats a nebula. It’s eating all the way down By Phil Plait 1 year ago