It's the earliest stage of planet formation ever seen by scientists. The new planetary system is taking shape around HOPS-315 ...

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

Astronomers have observed the earliest stage of planet formation around a distant young star — for the first time ever. The ...

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

Astronomers have, for the first time, observed the formation of planets around a distant star, shedding light on our own ...

The new planetary system is forming around the baby star HOPS-315 1,300 light years from Earth in the Orion Nebula ...

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

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PARIS: Astronomers have, for the first time, observed the earliest stage of planet formation around a distant star, offering ...

“Sometime around mid- to late September, if you get up before the sun rises and look to the east part of the sky, you’ll see ...

“For the first time, we have identified the earliest moment when planet formation is initiated around a star other than our Sun,” says Melissa McClure, a professor at Leiden University in the ...

These incredible images reveal the exact moment when planets began to form around a star 1,300 light-years from Earth.