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Protoplanetary Disks

Telescopes Witness Key Stages of Planet Formation in Three Young Star Systems

These multi-instrument observations deliver direct evidence of protoplanets sculpting disks, fragments emerging via gravitational instability, the initial condensation of refractory minerals in developing systems.

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

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Astronomers Observe First Solid Condensation of Rocky Planet Precursors Around Distant Star

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JWST Captures Unprecedented Detail of Planets Forming Around Star PDS 70

Protoplanetary Disks

Telescopes Witness Key Stages of Planet Formation in Three Young Star Systems

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

Astronomers Observe First Solid Condensation of Rocky Planet Precursors Around Distant Star

First Solids of Planet Formation Observed Around Young Star HOPS-315

Astronomers Capture Earliest Stage of Planet Formation Around HOPS-315

James Webb Space Telescope Captures First Exoplanet by Direct Imaging

Water Found to Have Existed 100–200 Million Years After the Big Bang

JWST Captures Unprecedented Detail of Planets Forming Around Star PDS 70