NASA has unveiled the largest planet-forming disc ever recorded, after capturing striking new images with the Hubble Space Telescope that show a chaotic stellar nursery on a scale never seen before.
The discovery made public on 23 December 2025 by NASA's Hubble Mission Team centres on a vast disc of gas and dust located around 1,000 light-years from Earth. It matters because scientists believe the structure offers rare clues into how planets form in extreme environments.
