The prevailing model for planetary accretion assumes that the solar system's planets formed in an extremely hot, two-dimensional disk of gas and dust, post-dating the sun. Scientists now propose a ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Dust. It's the bane of homeowners and astronomers alike, a persistent nuisance that collects in ...

The building blocks of new planets could form more easily than previously thought, according to calculations by a team led by a RIKEN astrophysicist. Astronomers are still figuring out exactly how ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: ESA/Gaia/DPAC, S. Payne-Wardenaar, L. McCallum et al (2025) Astronomers have unveiled the ...

Cosmic dust—the tiny particles that help form stars, planets and the chemical building blocks of life—might be much spongier ...

Most hobby 3D printers are based on FDM, extruding a single-color noodle of melted plastic to build up an object. Powder-based inkjet 3D printing allows you to print detailed, full-color models from a ...

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will help scientists better understand our Milky Way galaxy's less sparkly components—gas and dust strewn between stars, known as the interstellar medium.

The James Webb Space Telescope captured amazing imagery of merging galaxies II ZW 96. The merger is located 500 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Delphinus. Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA, ...