Star RIK 113 is busy making a new planet in its protoplanetary disk as seen in this new image from the Very Large Telescope.

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A team of scientists used the James Webb Space Telescope to peer through ... The team turned the telescope toward a hot cloud of dust and gas swirling around the black hole. What they saw revealed ...

These high-altitude clouds, formed in the coldest place in Earth's atmosphere at the edge of space, result from dust left by "shooting stars." Here's everything you need to know about the ...