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

The Sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had ...

Lichens grow in a wide range of shapes and forms. Does their ability to resist UV radiation suggest how microbes might ...

Stars passing close to the sun could cause planets to collide, including with Earth, or even be ejected as rogue planets, new simulations show.

Discover the rare interstellar comet 3i/Atlas, recently confirmed by NASA in July 2025. Learn what makes interstellar comets ...

In recent years, scientists have turned to Earth-like planets in other solar systems that may show the most promise, but many revolve around stars that emit much stronger solar radiation than our own.

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

Instead of a tempest in a teapot, imagine the cosmos in a canister. Scientists have performed experiments using nested, spinning cylinders to confirm that an uneven wobble in a ring of electrically ...

A Giant Planet Forming Around a Small Star Creates Cosmic Mystery Learn how a new discovery of a giant planet can help scientists refine their theories of how planets form.

Learn about new observations that reveal an exoplanet is destroying itself by cuddling up to its host star, in an astronomical first.