The Boomerang Nebula is classified as a protoplanetary nebula, thought to be a star system progressing toward the planetary nebula phase, the final stages of stellar evolution. Scientists believe ...

NASA telescopes discover brown dwarf protoplanetary disks in the Orion Nebula Oct 28, 2024 Image: James Webb Space Telescope observes nearby star-forming region NGC 1333 in infrared ...

Many protoplanetary disks in which new planets are formed are much smaller than thought. Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) scientists of the Leiden Observatory (the ...