The long-standing idea of planets forming in perfectly flat, orderly discs has been challenged by new research. Instead of ...

An international team led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE), including scientists from the National Center of Competence in ...

Astronomers were fascinated after spotting an object from interstellar space hurtling through the solar system earlier this ...

Interstellar objects like 3I/ATLAS that have been captured in planet-forming disks around young stars could become the seeds ...

Since the first discovery of planets beyond the solar system in 1995, more than 6,000 exoplanets have been identified. Many of these planets have properties that differ significantly from the eight ...

A young star’s disk shows unexpectedly high CO₂ and little water. The result questions standard theories of planet formation.

Now, finding a young planet like this is a fairly difficult task, as it requires a long and patient hunt for young disk ...

Astronomers have discovered the raw ingredients of planets orbiting two infant stars, offering a glimpse into how new worlds ...

Dr. Jane Huang's research on planet formation in harsh environments, particularly within the Sigma Orionis cluster, offers surprising insights into the universality of planet formation. In a recent ...

In the last 25 years, scientists have discovered over 4000 planets beyond the borders of our solar system. From relatively small rock and water worlds to blisteringly hot gas giants, the planets ...

New radio astronomy observations of a planetary system in the process of forming show that once the first planets form close to the central star, these planets can help shepherd the material to form ...

Scientists have long been intrigued by the surfaces of terrestrial bodies other than Earth that reveal deep similarities beneath their superficially differing volcanic and tectonic histories. A team ...