The new simulations show a cross section of the star and its surrounding disk of gas. In the left image, where the young star is weakly magnetized, gas can be seen flowing freely from the surrounding ...

A newborn star 15,000 light-years from Earth is fascinating astronomers with its dual blasts of superheated plasma jets. The ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a stunning image of the birth of a new star. As dust and gas clump together and eventually collapses under the force of gravity, it becomes a protostar: the ...

The precursors for planets could form around new stars earlier than previously thought. Protoplanetary disks are rings of gas and dust that swirl around newly formed stars, eventually clumping into ...

The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has revealed the once-hidden features of the protostar within the dark cloud L1527 with its Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam), providing insight into the ...

New image offers window into what our Sun and Solar System looked like in infancy. This latest image is courtesy of Webb’s primary imager, the Near-Infrared Camera (MIRCam). To capture images of very ...

Jan. 8 (UPI) --Researchers in Japan have identified a young star with an already warped protoplanetary disk. The discovery could help scientists better understand how planets come to travel in ...

The world’s first 3D simulation simultaneously considering dust motion and growth in a disk around a young star has shown that large dust from the central region can be entrained by and then ejected ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Astronomers have observed the eating habits of a newborn star — and like any youngster, it has an ...