Stars and planets are linked together, and dust is the key to understanding how

Stars and planets are inextricably linked. They form together and stars shape the fate of planets. Stars create the dusty ...
PRIMETIMER

Baby planets offer a missing clue to the galaxy’s most abundant worlds

New research tracks young planets around a nearby star, showing how large, gas-rich worlds shrink over time to become the most common planets in the galaxy ...
Space.com on MSN

Astronomers discover cosmic hamburger has the potential to grow giant planets

"The combination of extreme disk size, strong asymmetries, winds, and potential planet formation makes it the perfect ...
PRIMETIMER

Cosmic dust may be the missing link between stellar evolution and planet formation

New research explains how dust links the formation, evolution, and fate of stars and planets, and why future telescopes are needed to observe these processes in detail ...

We finally know how the most common types of planets are created

Planets larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune are the most common kind in the galaxy, but because our solar system lacks such a planet, scientists don’t know much about how they form. Astronomers ...
Earth.com

How a dead star created the strangest exoplanet ever found

Webb telescope discovered a bizarre exoplanet with carbon atmosphere, no hydrogen, orbiting a super-dense spinning star.
KOAT Albuquerque

New Mexico astronomer identifies gap in planet sizes

CONFIDENCE IN HAPPENING YESTERDAY. NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY ASTRONOMER RECENTLY SAW SOMETHING UNUSUAL DURING HIS RESEARCH OF SPACE, AND IT COULD HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW PLANETS FORM. VLADIMIR LYRA ...