Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming around a baby sun-like star, an unprecedented ...

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

For the first time ever, scientists have captured the process of planets forming in their earliest stages. The ground-breaking photos were captured by the ALMA telescope in Chile and NASA's James Webb ...

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.

According to the paper laying out the research behind the discovery, "TOI-1846b is a super-Earth-sized planet, with a radius ...

Scientists are racing to learn as much as possible about the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS before it fades from view forever ...

Astronomers have captured the first direct signs of planet formation around the young star HOPS-315, offering a glimpse into the early stages of planetary system development. Using the James Webb ...

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

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

Weighing in at 0.6 solar mass, HOPS-315 should someday grow to become a star much like our own sun; this makes it a promising stand-in for studying the first stages of our solar system’s history. For ...