Planets, like those in our solar system, form in a bottom-up process where small bits of rock and ice clump together and grow ...

Accretion disks form around the young stars, and this is where radiative feedback comes in. As young stars accrete mass, they heat up. They radiate this heat outward into their own accretion disks. As ...

Spin transfer Artist’s impression of an accretion disc surrounding a black hole. (Courtesy: Shutterstock/oorka) Researchers in France have created a new experiment that could improve our understanding ...

Starting from the upper left and moving clockwise from large to small scales: upper left —"spiral-like" system; upper right — "bar-like" structure; lower right — rotating infalling envelope; lower ...

Artist’s impression of the powerful winds blowing from the bright X-ray source GX13+1. The X-rays are coming from a disc of hot matter, known as an accretion disc, that is gradually spiralling down to ...

Planets, like those in our solar system, form in a bottom-up process where small bits of rock and ice clump together and grow ...