A planet being born has been directly imaged for the first time ever

This young planet is shaping its host primordial disk and its atmosphere appears to be cloudy

Protoplanetary discs finally seen in unrivalled detail

Courtesy of a Very Large Telescope instrument, there has now been an influx of fantastic images unmasking the dusty discs that surround young stars

Large telescope captures baby planets sculpting dusty discs

Sharp new observations have revealed striking features in planet-forming regions around young stars

ALMA detects planet formation around double star system

Astronomers have taken a new, detailed look at the very early stages of planet formation embedded in a binary star’s protoplanetary disc

Rocks ready to make planets seen for the first time

Lumps of rock in the process of forming planets have been detected for the very first time

Could life exist around a hypergiant star?

Is it possible for life to exist around massive stars?

Very Large Telescope sees signs of planet birth in action

Could the disc of gas and dust surrounding a star 335 light years away be the construction yard for a planet?

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