Tag: giant disk


  • Hubble Discovers the Largest Planet Nursery Ever Seen

    Hubble Discovers the Largest Planet Nursery Ever Seen

    Introduction: A Giant, Untamed Cradle for Planets Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have unveiled what may be the largest and most erratic planet-forming disk observed to date. While most protoplanetary disks around young stars appear orderly—spinning, flattening, and gradually coalescing into planets—this newly imaged disk defies expectations. It is sprawling, irregular, and loud in…