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Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have spotted hints of a third planet in the disk of gas and dust that surrounds an infant star, as well as signs of moon formation.

Astronomy, Gastronomy Astronomers peering into the reaches of the cosmos have discovered a curious and rather delectable looking object: a star with the appearance of a sandwich, offering an extremely unique glimpse at early star system formation. Its discoverers have nicknamed it "Dracula's Chivito" after a sandwich that is Uruguay's national dish As for vampiric […]

The challenge of studying ice in protoplanetary disks of other stars has long eluded astronomers due to the water-laden atmosphere of Earth and the faintness of these disks.

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken a bite out of a cosmic burger to create a 2D inventory of different forms of ice surrounding a planet-birthing disk.

In our solar system we have rocky moons, ocean moons and frozen-ice moons, but there are no gas moons. Are we just unlucky not to have any gas moons, or are there physical reasons why they cannot exist?

The James Webb Space Telescope investigated a disk that could be forming rocky planets, even though nearby massive stars are pumping out significant radiation.

Astronomers have discovered a planet 13 times as massive as Earth orbiting a star nine times less massive than the sun, a disparity in size that shouldn’t exist and challenges planet formation models.

An international team of astronomers has used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to provide the first observation of water and other molecules in the highly

Observations 15 years apart from Spitzer and the JWST show how still-forming planets are running out of time around one young star.

Scientists are following neon signs in a search for clues to one planetary system’s future and the past of another – our own solar system. Following up on a