Planet Formation
Earth formed from dry, rocky building blocks, study
Our planet's water must have arrived late in the history of Earth's formation.
ALMA explores the mysteries of planet formation more thoroughly
The disks around protostars are different from more-evolved proto-planetary disks.
Earth was formed faster than we thought
This makes the chance of other habitable planets in the Universe more likely.
Astronomers identified a new Tatooine-like multi-planetary system
The second-ever discovery of a multiplanetary circumbinary system.
Most detailed known images of the inner region of a planet-forming disk
Resembling dusty infrared donuts.
NASA’s Webb imaged the inner workings of a dusty disk
The images also provide clues to the composition of the disk.
Little ‘hurricanes’ can be used to study certain aspects of planet formation
A method to constrain a planet’s mass or age.
Study of polluted white dwarfs reveals that stars and planets grow together
Early-formation picture is likely to be correct.
Scientists propose a new theory for Earth’s formation
It may also show how other rocky planets were formed.
Astronomers discover the largest molecule yet in a planet-forming disc
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile, researchers at Leiden Observatory in the Netherlands have for the first time detected dimethyl ether...