Astronomers have, for the first time, observed the very beginning of planet formation around a star beyond our Solar System.

The Vera Rubin telescope is poised to kick off an explosive era of discovery. "It's like old-fashioned astronomy: Find the ...

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

Eagle-eyed sky watchers will be able to catch Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus in the sky at the same time ...

Astronomers have captured the first direct signs of planet formation around the young star HOPS-315, offering a glimpse into ...

An international group of astronomers has witnessed the birth of a planetary system that may one day resemble our solar ...

Astronomers have, for the first time, captured what they believe are the very first moments of rocky planet formation around ...

In a cosmic first, scientists watched planet-forming materials begin to solidify around a newborn star, offering a peek into ...

Most comets, including the well-known Halley's, loop through our solar system like cosmic time capsules that formed alongside ...

Japan's Himawari-8 and Himawari-9 satellites, designed to study weather here on Earth, have also been quietly collecting ...

Using the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has detected a new exoplanet orbiting a nearby star. The newfound alien world, designated TOI-2431 b, is ...

Despite the powerful telescopes that modern astronomers have to work with, the distant reaches of the Solar System are still ...