Analysis of an ancient meteorite suggests that rocky planets both near and distant from the sun may have formed at the same ...

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

A tiny object far beyond Pluto, newly discovered by the Subaru Telescope, could reshape our understanding of the early Solar ...

Astronomers have spotted a planetary system being conceived from the swirl of gas and dust surrounding a star, giving us an ...

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

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby ...

"It is possible that a planet once existed in the solar system but was later ejected, causing the unusual orbits we see today ...

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

Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of planets forming around HOPS-315, a baby star located 1,300 light-years away ...

For the first time, international researchers have pinpointed the moment when planets began to form around a star beyond the ...

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