20 April 2017
ALMA research team captures first clear image of accretion disk around a star
...image of an accretion disk around a young star. According to most commonly accepted theories, young stars feed on accretion disks as they grow... the theory that the magnetic core of a young star would prevent the accretion disk from spinning and ...
22 August 2016
Massive Young Star Discovered
...infants." Another reason why it's sometimes hard to observe a young star is that they are typically surrounded by a thick cloud...astronomers to peek into the opaque cloud surrounded the young star. Astronomers where also able to determine the presence ...
22 December 2015
Magnetic fields around protostar gives a new twist on star formation
...envelope also indicate that numerous particles, from millimetre to centimetresized, are present in the disk. Since the young star is only about 10,000 years old – a baby in astronomical timescales – it could be an indication that grains form and grow...
20 May 2020
Twisted feature could be the first direct evidence of a baby planet being born
..., thousands more have been identified and although astronomers know planets are born in dusty discs surrounding young stars, like AB Aurigae, little is known about how they form, says Anthony Boccaletti who led the study...
January 2019
Visiting an asteroid to find out how life began
...be present in the planetary building material that circled the young star. It is likely that the Earth initially formed dry,...research uses numerical simulations to explore the formation of stars and planets. In addition to Hayabusa2, Elizabeth assists...
02 July 2018
Baby planet in dusty disc finally caught on camera
...’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers have finally captured the very first image of a protostar circling the very young star PDS 70. Not only that, but the data suggests that the planet’s atmosphere is cloudy. SPHERE or the...
