This missing link was found in the form of a kilometre sized object beyond the orbit of Neptune
New models explain how planets are formed from gas and dust
By simulating the movement of dust as it moves through gas shows how larger clumps of material form, eventually leading to the formation of planets
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?