In Jezero Crater’s Bright Angel formation, Perseverance has found rocks rich in organic molecules and minerals linked to ...

Black holes are among the most intriguing cosmic bodies in space. The Pop III.1 model uses primordial stars to explain how ...

In a cosmic milestone that once seemed straight out of science fiction, astronomers have captured something previously only imagined: the birth of a planet. This is not a simulation or an artist’s ...

Hubble discovered a white dwarf planet devouring a Pluto-like object, revealing debris rich in water and nitrogen.

The extinction of dinosaurs reshaped rivers, forests, and landscapes—changes still recorded in the rock layers across North ...

New simulations suggest Earthlike planets may be much more typical than previously thought whereas water worlds may not.

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

NASA scientists say a rock sample collected by the Perseverance rover in Jezero Crater may contain the strongest signs yet of ...

Astronomers are uncovering the earliest stages of planet formation with the help of technologies like the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Recent findings from the Butterfly Nebula, 3,400 ...

A new study challenges the dream of water-rich “Hycean” planets like K2-18b, suggesting that most sub-Neptunes lose their water deep into their interiors during formation. Instead of vast oceans, ...

Astronomers are pulling back the curtain on two of the universe’s biggest mysteries: how planets are born and how invisible ...

"The complexity of the exo-Neptunian landscape provides offers a unique window onto the processes involved in the formation ...