For a long time the formation of protostellar disks – a prerequisite to the formation of planetary system around stars – has defied theoretical astrophysicists: In a dense, collapsing cloud of gas and ...

Protostellar jets are intriguing signposts of star formation. They appear as cylindrical structures, emanating from protostars (baby stars) and propagating away at highly supersonic speeds. They are ...

Before something like the Solar System can be born, things in the general neighborhood start out as something known as a protostellar disk. These objects are essentially flat accretions of dust and ...

The protostellar object OH 339.88-1.26, which lies 8 900 light-years from Earth in the constellation Ara, lurks in this dust-filled image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Winding lanes of ...

Astronomers figured out where powerful jets come from on a baby star called HH 211. This is about 1,000 light-years away in the Perseus constellation. The discovery sheds light on the early stages of ...

RIKEN astrophysicists may have identified the embryos of gas giant planets in a disk of gas and dust swirling around a newborn star 1. These planetary precursors may grow up to be similar to Jupiter, ...

Using the ALMA telescope, astronomers have captured an exceptionally clear image of a triple protostar system still in the early stages of development. The new image is providing fresh insights into ...

Astronomers have achieved a breakthrough in star formation research with the detection of protostellar jets in the outer regions of the Milky Way, a finding recently published in The Astrophysical ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? The ALMA telescope is actually an array of 66 different radio telescopes that work in ...