The Sun is 4.6 billion years old, but what did it look like in its early years?
Solar System
Solar System
Deep Space
Odd stellar couple discovered by super telescope array
The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has discovered that two young stars forming from the same swirling protoplanetary disc could in fact be twins
Deep Space
Four massive planets have been discovered orbiting a distant young star
This unusual collection of massive planets makes astronomers question how planets are formed
Solar System
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
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Baby star’s strange geometry assists in solving evolution puzzle
New clues to understanding how dust can find its way to the surface of a forming star have been uncovered
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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