An international team of researchers have discovered the moment when planets began to form around a central star. Purdue University astronomer Merel van ‘t Hoff says it’s like finding, “a picture of ...
The solar system is the abode of humans. However, very little is known about its origin. A recent finding by the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and James Webb Space Telescope ...
A newborn planetary system is forming around HOPS-315, a protostar (one that recently formed) that sits some 1,300 light-years away in the constellation Orion the Hunter. This star isn’t in the ...
This is HOPS-315, a baby star where astronomers have observed evidence for the earliest stages of planet formation. The image was taken with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). In ...
A NASA spacecraft has just reached its permanent observation point to begin a mission unlike any before. Known as IMAP, the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe will track invisible particles ...