Astronomers witness first moments of planet formation as rock grains crystallize around distant star HOPS-315.

Astronomers have discovered a "fossil" body residing on the outskirts of the solar system, according to new research. The object – which goes by the formal designation 2023 KQ14 but is nicknamed ...

In a recent episode of SETI Live, Communications Specialist Beth Johnson spoke with Ian Pamerleau, lead author of a new study ...

“What we’ve been trying to do is find a baby version of our Solar System somewhere else,” Merel van’t Hoff, an astronomer at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, tells Nature’s Jenna Ahart.

Astronomers spotted a baby star displaying the very first signs of planet formation in the zone surrounding it, similar to ...

Explore the wonders of the universe in this video as we delve into the question: How many planets exist in the universe? Gain ...

Answer 17: A meteoroid is a small rocky or metallic body in space. A meteor is the streak of light produced when a meteoroid ...

Despite the powerful telescopes that modern astronomers have to work with, the distant reaches of the Solar System are still ...

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 ...

The astronomers observed hot minerals just beginning to solidify – the first specks of planet-forming material, the ...

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 ...