Planet formation used to sound straightforward: dust clumps into rocks, rocks grow into worlds, and the rest is detail. A cluster of recent discoveries has shattered that tidy picture, revealing ...

Research on how silicates crystallize during planet formation Seoul National University professor Lee Jeong-eun gives a presentation at the government complex in Sejong, central South Korea, on Jan.

While Mars may appear round, its true shape is subtly stretched and uneven, a product of its unique geological past and ...

Astronomers have captured unprecedented images of young exoplanetary systems using ALMA. The ARKS survey mapped 24 debris ...

A comprehensive examination of the oldest minerals on the planet, microscopic grains of zircon more resistant than diamond, ...

Parts of ancient Earth may have formed continents and recycled crust through subduction far earlier than previously thought.

Although Mercury was geologically active in its early days, today its surface appears almost completely static. This is why ...

Astronomers have long faced a strange contradiction: most stars are born in pairs, and ...

A decade of observations of four planets around the young planetary system V1298 Tau revealed a rare, long-sought missing link in planet formation. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

For many years, scientists viewed Mercury as a world that no longer had an active geological history. The planet appears to be almost completely uniform, dry, barren, and mostly unchanged for the ...

Blue Planet Systems Corporation and Hargrove Engineers & Constructors announced today the execution of a Master Service ...

"We've often seen the 'baby pictures' of planets forming, but until now, the 'teenage years' have been a missing link." ...