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JWST Finds Magnetic Jets Yield to Photoevaporative Winds, Closing the Window for Gas-Planet Formation

To narrow when planets can grab gas, researchers will next map how much mass each wind removes and where in disks those processes act.

TESS Confirms Two Jupiter‑Sized Super‑Puff Planets

Supermassive Black Hole Dust Rings Could Spawn Millions of Planets

TESS Survey Identifies 27 Candidate Two‑Star Planets

Hubble Spots Record-Breaking, Chaotic Planet-Forming Disk ‘Dracula’s Chivito’

Hubble Captures Record-Breaking Chaotic Planet-Forming Disk 1,000 Light-Years Away

Closest Directly Imaged Planet Around Two Suns Confirmed on a 300-Year Orbit

First Detection of Heavy Water in a Planet-Forming Disk Points to Prestellar Origins

ALMA Maps Fomalhaut’s Warped Debris Ring, Pointing to Hidden Planet Sculptors

Webb Releases Multiwavelength View of the 'Butterfly Star,' Revealing Dust Settling in a Planet-Building Disk

ALMA Detects 17 Complex Organic Molecules in V883 Orionis Protoplanetary Disk

Mineral Condensation Captured in Planet-Forming Disk of Protostar HOPS-315

Saturn-Sized Exoplanet Orbits Record-Low Mass Star, Challenging Formation Theories