The James Webb Space Telescope detects methyl cation (CH3+) in a young star system with a protoplanetary disk that is located in the Orion Nebula. Credit: Space.com | imagery courtesy: ESA/Webb ...

The formation of Hu 2-1 appears to be dominated by anisotropic mass ejection during the late-AGB stage of the progenitor and by variable, ‘precessing’ collimated bipolar outflows during the ...

Abstract: Infrared observations provide the dust composition in the protoplanetary discs surface layers ... was important in determining the dust distribution in the Solar Nebula and needs to be ...

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 ...

Powerful jets and radiation winds from two protostars are slamming into the nebulosity around them, sculpting the nebula. A huge bipolar outflow of gas and dust, grown from the tumultuous birth of ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has probed deep into the dusty shroud of a young nebula alight with star formation on the hunt for "failed star" brown dwarfs. Brown dwarfs are stellar ...

Taken by Jason Kalirai, this is an image of a dying star with dust and gas expelled during its final stages. Photographed by Zoltan Levay, this barred spiral galaxy shines in wonderful colors, as ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in exoplanets within the HR 8799 system, 130 light-years away. This ...

Scientists estimate there are ~1 septillion (1 followed by 24 zeros) planets in the observable universe. This figure is based on current research, which constan ...

The James Webb Space Telescope is NASA’s most precise and technically proficient equipment for observing the wonders of the universe. Astronomers rely on it to unravel the deepest secrets by ...