SYFY WIRE Explore The LatestMoviesTVGamesComicsInterviewsBad Astronomy All Posts Tagged protoplanetary disks A still-forming exoplanet predicted to exist is found in exactly the right spot AS 209's Jupiter-sized planet seen stirring things up around the young star By Phil Plait | 1 week ago What kickstarted the birth of our solar system? Ancient meteorites give clues to what event caused the birth of our solar system. By Phil Plait | 4 weeks ago Unseen planets kick a ring of debris off-kilter around a nearby star We may be seeing what the Sun was like when it was a rebellious teen. By Phil Plait | 2 months ago A baby binary star may be forming three different planetary systems around it SVS 13 is a binary star overachiever. By Phil Plait | 4 months 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 | 5 months 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 | 6 months 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 | 6 months ago Planets might still be able to crawl out of dying stars It's not zombification, but it kind of is. By Elizabeth Rayne | 7 months ago Space warps can kill planetary systems before they’re born Let's not do the space warp again. By Cassidy Ward | 7 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 | 8 months ago Load More
A still-forming exoplanet predicted to exist is found in exactly the right spot AS 209's Jupiter-sized planet seen stirring things up around the young star By Phil Plait | 1 week ago
What kickstarted the birth of our solar system? Ancient meteorites give clues to what event caused the birth of our solar system. By Phil Plait | 4 weeks ago
Unseen planets kick a ring of debris off-kilter around a nearby star We may be seeing what the Sun was like when it was a rebellious teen. By Phil Plait | 2 months ago
A baby binary star may be forming three different planetary systems around it SVS 13 is a binary star overachiever. By Phil Plait | 4 months 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 | 5 months 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 | 6 months 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 | 6 months ago
Planets might still be able to crawl out of dying stars It's not zombification, but it kind of is. By Elizabeth Rayne | 7 months ago
Space warps can kill planetary systems before they’re born Let's not do the space warp again. By Cassidy Ward | 7 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 | 8 months ago
