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Planet Formation

Formation of super-Earths proven limited near metal-poor stars

Categories Technology

An international team of astronomers has utilized NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to investigate the disk of gas and dust surrounding a young, low-mass star called ISO-ChaI 147. Their findings, depicted in this artist's impression, show the most diverse and abundant collection of carbon-containing molecules ever observed in a planet-forming disk around a star.

Webb finds plethora of carbon molecules around young star

Categories Space

Artist conception of 126 planets in the latest TESS-Keck Survey catalog is based on data including planet radius, mass, density, and temperature. Question marks represent planets requiring more data for full characterization.

NASA’s TESS-Keck Survey Unveils 126 Diverse Worlds, Offering Insights into Planet Formation, Habitability

Categories Space

Satellite astronomy dishes pointed at the night sky

Astronomers reveal a new link between water and planet formation

Categories Space

Young, hot, Earth-sized planet HD 63433d sits close to its star in the constellation Ursa Major, while two neighboring, mini-Neptune-sized planets — identified in 2020 — orbit farther out.

Earth-sized planet discovered in ‘our solar backyard’

Categories Space

Early earth, with a lake

Meteorite Analysis Shows Earth’s Building Blocks Contained Water

Categories Earth, Energy & Environment

Combined SPHERE and ALMA image of material orbiting V960 Mon

New image reveals secrets of planet birth

Categories Space

ALMA image of the protoplanetary disc around HL Tauri Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)

Astronomers use ‘little hurricanes’ to weigh and date planets around young stars

Categories Physics & Mathematics, Space

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