Astronomers have obtained the first detailed face-on view of a gaseous disc feeding the growth of a massive baby star

Astronomers have obtained the first detailed face-on view of a gaseous disc feeding the growth of a massive baby star
The system has seven planets as big as our world that orbit close to their star
Researchers using ALMA have, for the first time, achieved a precise size measurement of small dust particles around a young star
Researchers believe they have narrowed down the solution to one of the biggest mysteries of the universe
Eight people with no formal training in astrophysics helped discover what could be a fruitful new place to search for planets outside our Solar System
Astronomers have found signs of an alien world growing around TW Hydrae
A young star, located almost 11,000 light years away, which could help us understand how the most massive stars in the universe are formedm, has been found
The organic molecule methyl alcohol, or methanol, has been found in the TW Hydrae protoplanetary disc
A strange new kind of galactic beast has been spotted in the cosmic wilderness
Astronomers using the VISTA telescope at ESO’s Paranal Observatory have discovered a previously unknown component of our galaxy
A previously unknown link between the way young stellar objects grow and the way black holes feast on their surroundings has been discovered
Read on to find out why this galaxy is so unusual