"We used to think that only very simple molecules could be created in these clouds. But we have shown that this is clearly ...

Astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets around single stars, but few around binary stars—even though both types of stars are equally common. Physicists can now explain the dearth.

New research suggests that essential components of life may assemble in interstellar space long before planets or oceans ...

New simulations suggest Jupiter holds far more water than once thought, reshaping ideas about how the largest planet formed.

New research from the University of St Andrews has found that giant free floating planets have the potential to form their own miniature planetary systems without the need for a star. In findings ...

The origin of super-Earths and sub-Neptunes has been revealed in a system of four young planets that are dramatically losing ...

The giant protoplanetary disk offers clues to how gas and dust organize themselves around a star to form planets.

Researchers have discovered more than 6,000 exoplanets in our Milky Way. Of these, the sub-Neptune class, which are smaller than Neptune and more massive than Earth, are the most common. These planets ...

Most planet-forming disks have warps that can lead to planets on inclined orbits, which could explain where the tilt of Earth's orbit came from. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

The 'superionic ice' can't make up its mind between being a solid or liquid.

Water isn't just delivered to planets by comets and asteroids — it can also be forged as worlds form, a new study finds. For decades, scientists have debated the origin of Earth's water. One ...

Water doesn’t behave the same way in a glass as it does as ice in your freezer. When water is heated to several thousand ...