Protoplanetary disks are ring of stellar material that orbit young stars, early in their life cycle. Within this gas, matter will eventually accrete to form the planets that will make up the star’s own system.
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured the first detection of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of exoplanet WASP-39b, making a breakthrough in the research of these alien worlds.
The red giant star Betelgeuse has recently been observed by astronomers slowly repairing the damage caused from the infamous ‘great dimming’ event in 2019.