Planets originate from protoplanetary disks, circulating disks of gas and dust that develop around young stars, a recent study revealed. ALMA observations of the protoplanetary disk around HD 142527.

This breathtaking image captured dust in cosmic space in unprecedented detail, allowing astronomers to look at the 3D structure of interstellar material with precision they never thought possible.

The researchers support their solution with laboratory experiments that simulate cosmic conditions. These involve extremely cold conditions in which dust, ice and pebbles are present, and ...

The discovery came as the result of a new form of "black hole archeology" that links black hole spins to the gas and dust they have consumed to grow over 7 billion years of cosmic history.

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Experiments conducted during a suborbital flight have provided insights into the formation of planets by observing dust particle agglomerates. The study measured ...

The legacy data from these missions provides an unprecedented opportunity to study cosmic dust in galaxies so that we can, for example, answer fundamental questions about the origin of the chemical ...

Previous observations by the Hubble Space Telescope missed this dusty galaxy entirely, as its light was trapped by cosmic dust that JWST’s infrared instruments can peer through. This rare alignment ...

Scientists have discovered that some supermassive black holes rotate much more rapidly than expected. The discovery came as the result of a new form of "black hole archeology" that links black ...