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The presence of crystalline silicates in comets has been a long-standing conundrum. These minerals need intense heat to form, ...

An international research team led by Korean astronomers has identified the principles of planetary system formation through ...

While the Perseverance rover continues to capture amazing images of the Martian surface, we also look back at Voyager 2's passage by Neptune. Plus, an amazing lightning storm seen from the ISS, a ...

The gas and dust clouds are in the Taurus star-forming region and are offering a glimpse into the early days of young stars. By Laura Baisas Published Nov 17, 2022 10:00 AM EST Get the Popular Science ...

Baby pictures are some of a family's most cherished artifacts. The same thing can be said of the Hubble Space Telescope and ...

What happens when you take observations of a gas cloud, a protostar, and a pre-star dense core of gas, and model them with turbulence? A downright hypnotizing model at how multiple star systems may ...

Planetary solar systems like our own don’t just pop into the universe fully formed — instead they evolve from a ring of gas and dust called a protoplanetary disk, which surrounds an early-stage star, ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...