Typically, telescopes are synonymous with bringing far-off objects close, but the newest member of the solar system was ...

KQ14, nicknamed "Ammonite", was discovered using the Subaru Telescope and is a highly elliptical object with a perihelion and ...

The star is surrounded by a protoplanetary disk, and this disk is the first evidence of debris condensing into what will ...

Previously, astronomers have observed giant planets, like Jupiter, forming in the giant discs around young stars. According ...

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

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

The observations offer a unique glimpse into the inner workings of an emerging planetary system, said the University of ...

Astronomers first identified these minerals using the now-three-year-old James Webb Space Telescope. To see where exactly the ...

Written by a former utility giant executive, AB 942 threatens affordable home construction and California’s reputation.

This artist’s concept depicts one of the solar system’s inner planets slamming into Earth after being nudged on a collision course by a passing star. Such a world-shattering cataclysm is ...

German researchers developed a novel pocket-sized instrument to rapidly identify the composition of solar panel polymer backsheets and encapsulants in the field. The hardware is near-infrared ...