A team of astronomers has achieved a breakthrough in observing planetary formation by directly tracking the rotation of a ...

A bright ring of dust circling a young star can look calm from far away. In reality, it may mark one of the messiest moments ...

University of Warwick astronomers have found a new way to estimate the masses of planets hidden inside the dusty disks surrounding young stars.

The rotation of a protoplanetary disk (a disk where planets are being formed) has been observed directly for the very first time by mapping the emissions from the dust grains within it. The disk in ...

How do you weigh a planet you can't see? Astronomers may have the answer.

This simulation of a lone super-Earth in a protoplanetary disk takes into account the effects of dust in addition to gas, resulting in a much more realistic picture. After 2,000 orbits, narrow gaps ...

A team of astronomers, led by University of Warwick in collaboration with researchers at MIT and McMaster, have developed a ...

Still from a simulation of a forming planetary disk. The images show the rotating inner disk along the top half, and the shadow it casts on the outer disk in the lower half. CREDIT Rebecca Nealon / ...