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Heidelberg, Germany (SPX) Jan 09, 2024 - A research team, including astronomers of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA), has detected a three-ringed structure in the nursery of planets in the inner planet-forming disk of a young s

<p><strong>A research team, including astronomers of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA), detected a three-ringed structure in the nursery of planets in the inner planet-forming disk of a young star. This configuration suggests two Jupiter-mass planets are forming in the gaps between the rings. The detailed analysis is consistent with abundant solid iron grains complementing the dust composition. As a result, the disk likely harbours metals and minerals akin to those in the...

Images released by the European Southern Observatory may reveal why Betelgeuse dimmed in 2019.

Images released by the European Southern Observatory may reveal why Betelgeuse dimmed in 2019.

Not all galaxies are quiet. Some are what we call active galaxies, where the supermassive black hole in their cores are actively feeding on material. The material forms a flattened disk around the black hole which heats up to infernal temperatures and gets so bright it can outshine all the stars in the galaxy combined. Active indeed.

The black hole powers a region roughly the size of the solar system that is more luminous than

Powerful telescope observed cloud of cosmic dust at centre of the galaxy Messier 77 that is hiding a supermassive black hole.

ESO, European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere