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It is still orbiting within its young star's dusty disk, giving scientists a rare opportunity to study planet formation while it is still happening.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026

During a total solar eclipse, the Moon completely blocks the bright disk of the Sun, making the much fainter solar corona visible.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026

He told the conference: "We discovered what we think is a black hole merging with a massive companion star, shredding it into a disk that feeds the black hole. It's a rare and awe-inspiring phenomenon."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026

A total solar eclipse means the Moon's disk will completely cover the Sun - and it is expected to last for six minutes and 23 seconds, the longest on land since 1991.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

The sun was low in the sky, but it would not set for several hours, and the disk of the moon was pale, but it was there, high in the heavens, as well.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

Gaps and other structures in those disks can be signs that planets are forming.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026

One memorandum from the FBI's legal attache in London, sent two weeks later, noted there were a "number of videos, floppy disks and documentation still to be viewed".

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

It had four kilobytes of memory, a black-and-white monitor and used floppy disks that truly flopped when you shook them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

They also modeled the circumplanetary disks surrounding both worlds.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026

“I’ve got you, eh? You’ve made quite a few telescopic observations since being put together, Cutie. Have you noticed that several of those specks of light outside become disks when so viewed?”

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov