The celestial body's unusual orbit “implies that something extraordinary occurred" in the early days of the solar system—and ...

The astronomers observed hot minerals just beginning to solidify – the first specks of planet-forming material, the ...

Astronomers have discovered an object at the edge of the solar system that is locked in a strange rhythmic dance with the ice ...

Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby sun-like star, providing a ...

International astronomers have for the first time witnessed the birth of a planetary system beyond Earth's sun that could one ...

While astronomers have previously seen young discs that contain newborn, massive, Jupiter-like planets, McClure says, “we’ve ...

In a cosmic first, astronomers have spotted the earliest signs of rocky planet formation around a young star. The discovery ...

Astronomers witness first moments of planet formation as rock grains crystallize around distant star HOPS-315.

Astronomers spotted a baby star displaying the very first signs of planet formation in the zone surrounding it, similar to ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, astronomers have, for the first time, observed the formation of a new solar system.

For lovers of newly identified space objects, July has indeed been an exciting month. Last week, astronomers described ...

Data captured by the ALMA telescope in Chile and the James Webb Space Telescope showed planets forming around a star in the ...