Rich in gas and dust, a protoplanetary disk is where planets — both rocky worlds, like Earth, and gas giants, like Jupiter — ...

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A new study published in Nature has revealed a rare glimpse into the early life of four young exoplanets orbiting the star ...

"The combination of extreme disk size, strong asymmetries, winds, and potential planet formation makes it the perfect ...

In the bigger picture, "down" could be defined as being below the plane of the solar system, which is known as the ecliptic.

Around the bright star Fomalhaut, astronomers spotted glowing clouds of debris left behind by colossal collisions between ...

We live in a very exciting time: answers to some of the oldest questions humanity has conceived are within our grasp. One of ...

Most planets are part of a star system of their own – but some go their own way, and they have remained largely mysterious ...

The findings potentially solve the paradox of how liquid water seems to have persisted on Mars even when the climate grew too ...

Astronomers have captured an exceptionally rare view of young planets in mid-transformation, revealing how bloated, giant worlds may shrink into the most common planets in the galaxy. Astronomers have ...

Is it a two-for-sun deal. Astronomers were blown away after discovering a bizarre exoplanet that orbits twin stars closer than any ever seen before in a binary star system, per a starry study ...

CONFIDENCE IN HAPPENING YESTERDAY. NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY ASTRONOMER RECENTLY SAW SOMETHING UNUSUAL DURING HIS RESEARCH OF SPACE, AND IT COULD HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW PLANETS FORM. VLADIMIR LYRA ...